Bramble-class gunboat (1898)
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This article is about the Royal Navy gunboat class of 1898. For the identically named Royal Navy gunboat class of 1886, see Bramble-class gunboat (1886).
The Bramble-class gunboat was a type of warship used by the Royal Navy between the 1890s and the 1920s. The four ships of this class were notable as the final development of the Victorian gunboat tradition, and for being one of the last classes of warship designed to travel under sail. One of them, HMS Thistle, retained a functional sailing rig into the mid-1920s.
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HMS Thistle, c. 1910. | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Bramble class |
Builders |
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Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Redbreast class (1889) |
Succeeded by | n/a – designation abolished |
Built | 1898–1899 |
In commission | 1900–1925 |
Completed | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | First class gunboat |
Displacement | 710 tons standard |
Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Installed power | 1,300 ihp (970 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h) |
Range |
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Boats & landing craft carried | |
Crew | 85 |
Armament |
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