Banterer-class gunboat

Class overview
NameBanterer class
Builders
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byForester class
Succeeded byAlbacore class (1883)
Built1880–1882
In commission1880–1907
Planned13
Completed11
General characteristics [1]
TypeComposite screw gunboat
Displacement465 tons standard
Length125 ft (38 m)
Beam23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power440 ihp (330 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Speed9.5 kn (17.6 km/h)
Crew60
Armament

The Banterer-class gunboat was a class of eleven gunboats mounting two 6-inch and two 4-inch guns, built for the Royal Navy between 1880 and 1892.[1]

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2004), p.298