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Latest revision as of 20:08, 15 November 2023
Britain launched four Heron Class Gunboats in 1897 for use on the China Station. They are oddly missing in Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905.
| Overview of 4 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Nightingale | Yarrow & Company | 20 Oct, 1897 | Sold 20 Nov, 1919 | ||
| Robin | Yarrow & Company | 1897 | Sold Sep, 1928 | ||
| Sandpiper | Yarrow & Company | 2 Jul, 1897 | Sold 18 Oct, 1920 | ||
| Snipe | Yarrow & Company | 1897 | Sold 20 Nov, 1919 | ||
Design
The vessels were as follows:[1]
- 85 tons
- 108 feet overall (100 between perpendiculars)
- 2 foot draught
- 20 foot beam
- 9 knots on 240 I.H.P.
Armament
- two 6-pdrs
- four machine guns
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
Bibliography
| Heron Class River Gunboat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nightingale | Robin | Sandpiper | Snipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Dryad Class | Small Fry (UK) | Bramble Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Redbreast Class | Gunboats (UK) | Bramble Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
