HMS Pelican (1877)

Pelican c.1905
Pelican docked at Bush’s Store, South Brooklyn, New York
HMS Pelican
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Pelican
NamesakePelican
BuilderDevonport Royal Dockyard
CostHull £41,282, machinery £14,939
Laid down8 March 1875
Launched26 April 1877
Completed29 November 1877
Decommissioned1899
FateSold to the Hudson's Bay Company, 22 January 1901; scuttled, 1953
General characteristics
Class and typeOsprey-class screw composite sloop
Displacement1,130 long tons (1,150 t)
Length170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Depth19 ft 6 in (5.9 m)
Installed power1,056 ihp (787 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
  • 1 × screw
Sail planBarque rig
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range1,480 nmi (2,740 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement140
Armament

HMS Pelican was an Osprey-class sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s. She was launched in 1877 and was sold to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1901. She was scuttled in 1953.