HMS Espiegle (1880)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Espiegle.

Espiegle moored to a buoy
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Espiegle
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
CostHull £37,500, machinery £11,770[1]
Laid down23 September 1879
Launched3 August 1880
Commissioned11 October 1881
Fate
  • Boom defence vessel, 1899
  • Renamed Argo, 1904
  • Sold to W. Thorpe on 25 August 1921.
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeDoterel-class sloop
Displacement1,130 tons
Length170 ft (52 m) pp
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Installed power1,140 ihp (850 kW)
Propulsion
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
  • 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque rigged
Speed11+1⁄2 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

HMS Espiegle was a Doterel-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at the Devonport Dockyard and launched on 3 August 1880.[2]

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2004) p.292
  2. ^ Bastock, p.77.