HMS Rattlesnake (1886)
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Rattlesnake |
| Ordered: | 1885 |
| Builder: | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 16 November 1885 |
| Launched: | 11 September 1886 |
| Commissioned: | May 1887 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1910 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Torpedo gunboat |
| Displacement: | 550 long tons (559 t) |
| Length: | 200 ft (61.0 m) pp |
| Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 sets of vertical triple expansion engines Locomotive boilers Twin screws 1,600 ihp (natural draught) 2,700 ihp (forced draught) |
| Speed: |
16.75 knots (31.02 km/h) (natural draught) 19.25 knots (35.65 km/h) (forced draught) |
| Range: |
100 tons coal 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 66 |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | ¾in protective deck only |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Rattlesnake.
HMS Rattlesnake was a unique design of torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy
A result of the Russian war scare of 1885, she was designed by Nathaniel Barnaby that year and built by Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead.[1][2]
Launched on 11 September 1886, her hull cost £21,425, with another £14,000 spent on her machinery. She was the first vessel in the Navy to have triple expansion engines.[2] Rattlesnake became an experimental submarine target ship in 1906, and was sold in 1910.[1][2]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2003). The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1861760326.
