HMS Condor (1876)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Condor
Ordered1875
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid down15 December 1875
Launched28 December 1876
Commissioned17 July 1877[1]
FateSold to George Cohen in August 1889
General characteristics
Displacement774 tons
Length157 ft (48 m)
Beam29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)[2]
Installed power772 ihp (576 kW)
Propulsion
  • 3 Boilers
  • 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw[2]
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed11.5 kn (21.3 km/h) under power
Complement100[2]
Armament
  • One 7-in (4½-ton) Muzzle-Loading Rifle
  • Two 64-pdr (64cwt) Muzzle-Loading Rifles

HMS Condor was the name-ship of the Royal Navy Condor-class gun-ship carrying 3 guns.[3]

  1. ^ "HMS Condor at the Naval Database website". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference RW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Condor class gunvessels at battleships-cruisers website". Retrieved 9 February 2010.