HMS Wild Swan (1876)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Wild Swan
Namesake	Swan
Builder	Robert Napier and Sons, Govan, Glasgow
Cost	Hull £39,643, machinery £11,853
Laid down	14 September 1874
Launched	28 January 1876
Completed	23 August 1876
Decommissioned	Hulked, 1 May 1904
Renamed	HMS Clyde, 1 May 1904; HMS Columbine, July 1913
Fate	Sold for scrap, 4 May 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Osprey-class screw composite sloop
Displacement	1,130 long tons (1,150 t)
Length	170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p)
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Depth	19 ft 6 in (5.9 m)
Installed power	797 ihp (594 kW) (later c. 950 ihp (709kW))
Propulsion	1 × 2-cylinder horizontal returning-rod steam engine[Note 1] 3 × cylindrical boilers 1 × screw
Sail plan	Barque rig
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range	1,120 nmi (2,070 km; 1,290 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	140
Armament	2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns 4 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns 4 × machine guns 1 × light gun Later re-armed: 2 × 6-inch (81cwt) BL guns 6 × 5-inch (35cwt) BL guns 4 × machine guns 1 × light gun

HMS Wild Swan was an Osprey-class sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s. She was launched in 1877 and became a base ship in 1904, being renamed Clyde. She was renamed Columbine in 1913 and was sold for breaking in 1920.

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