Algerine-class gunvessel

Rambler with an unidentified gunboat berthed to the right
Class overview
Name	Algerine class
Builders	John Elder & Company, Glasgow Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Linnet class
Succeeded by	Dolphin class
Built	1880
In commission	c.1880-1907
Completed	3
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Composite gunvessel
Displacement	835 t
Length	157 ft (48 m) pp
Beam	29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Draught	13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Installed power	690 to 750 ihp (510 to 560 kW)[1]
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine Single screw
Sail plan	Barque or full-rigged ship
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Endurance	110t of coal[1]
Complement	100
Armament	Algerine & Ranger: 1 × 7-inch (180 mm) (4½ ton) muzzle-loading rifles 2 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles 2 × machine gun 1 × light gun Rambler 4 × 20-pounder breech loading guns 1 × machine gun 1 × light gun[1]

The Algerine-class gunvessel was a class of three Royal Navy composite gunvessels built in 1880. Two of them were sold after only ten years of service, but the other was converted to a survey ship before commissioning and survived in this role until 1907.