Doterel-class sloop

HMS Doterel
HMS Doterel
Class overview
NameDoterel-class sloop
Operators Royal Navy
CostBetween £48,700 (Miranda) and £52470 (Gannet)
Built1878–1880
In commission1879–1921
Completed9
Lost2
Preserved1 (Gannet)
General characteristics [1]
TypeScrew composite sloop
Displacement1,130 tons
Length170 ft (52 m) pp
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Installed power900 to 1,128 indicated horsepower (671 to 841 kW)
Propulsion
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
  • 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque rigged
Speed11+12 knots (21.3 km/h)
Range1,480 nmi (2,740 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) from 150 tons of coal
Complement140-150
Armament
A rifled muzzle loader in the forecastle of Gannet

The Doterel class was a Royal Navy class of screw-driven sloops. They were of composite construction, with wooden hulls over an iron frame. They were a revised version of an 1874 design by the Royal Navy's Chief Constructor, William Henry White, the Osprey-class sloop. Two of the class were lost, one to an explosion off Chile and one wrecked off Canada. Gannet is preserved at Chatham Historic Dockyard.

  1. ^ Winfield (2004) p.292