A photograph of Nymphe, visually identical to the Beagle class
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Class overview | |
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Name | Beagle-class sloop |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Built | 1889 |
In commission | 1889–1920 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 0 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw steel sloop |
Displacement | 1170 tons[3] |
Length | 195 ft (59 m) pp[1] |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m)[2] |
Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m)[2] |
Installed power | 2,000 ihp (1,500 kW)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barquentine rig |
Speed | 14.5 kn (26.9 km/h)[1] |
Endurance | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 138[1] |
Armament |
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Armour | Protective deck of 1 to 1+1⁄2 in (2.5 to 3.8 cm) steel over the machinery and boilers[1] |
The Beagle class was a two-ship class of 8-gun screw steel sloops[4] built for the Royal Navy in 1889.
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