Cadmus-class sloop

HMS Merlin at a buoy in grey wartime paint
HMS Merlin at a buoy in grey wartime paint
Class overview
NameCadmus-class sloop
BuildersSheerness Dockyard
Operators
Preceded byCondor-class sloop
Succeeded byFlower-class sloop
Cost
  • £80,796 (Clio)
  • £76,657 (Cadmus)[1]
Built1900–1903
In commission1900–1925
Completed6
Retired6
General characteristics [2]
TypeScrew steel sloop
Displacement1,070 long tons (1,087 t)
Length
  • 210 ft (64 m) oa
  • 185 ft (56 m) pp
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught11 ft 3 in (3.4 m)
Installed power1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement150
Armament

The Cadmus class was a six-ship class of 10-gun[2] screw steel sloops[3] built at Sheerness Dockyard for the Royal Navy between 1900 and 1903. This was the last class of the Victorian Navy's multitude of sloops, gunvessels and gunboats to be constructed, and they followed the traditional pattern for 'colonial' small warships, with a full rig of sails. After them, the "Fisher Reforms" of the Navy ended the construction and deployment of this type of vessel. All of the class survived until the 1920s, remaining on colonial stations during World War I.

  1. ^ "Hansard, 6 March 1905 vol 142 cc402-3, Questions in the House". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 6 March 1905. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Cadmus class at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 7 September 2008.