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Britain launched four '''''Heron'' Class Gunboats''' in 1897 for use on the [[China Station]]. | Britain launched four '''''Heron'' Class Gunboats''' in 1897 for use on the [[China Station]]. | ||
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 4 vessels | |||
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|[[Yarrow]] | |||
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|20 Oct, 1897 | |||
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|Sold 20 Nov, 1919 | |||
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|1897 | |||
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|Sold Sep, 1928 | |||
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| {{UK-Sandpiper}} | |||
|[[Yarrow]] | |||
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|2 Jul, 1897 | |||
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|Sold 18 Oct, 1920 | |||
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| {{UK-Snipe}} | |||
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|1897 | |||
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|Sold 20 Nov, 1919 | |||
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==Design== | ==Design== | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 10 May 2017
Britain launched four Heron Class Gunboats in 1897 for use on the China Station.
| 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 | 20 Oct, 1897 | Sold 20 Nov, 1919 | ||
| Robin | Yarrow | 1897 | Sold Sep, 1928 | ||
| Sandpiper | Yarrow | 2 Jul, 1897 | Sold 18 Oct, 1920 | ||
| Snipe | Yarrow | 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
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