Bacchante-class corvette

HMS Bacchante
Class overview
Name
  • Bacchante-class corvette
  • (later Bacchante-class cruiser)
BuildersPortsmouth and Chatham Dockyards
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byEmerald class
Succeeded byComus class
Built1875–1877
In commission1877–1905
Planned4
Completed3
Cancelled1
Retired3
General characteristics
Class and type
  • Iron screw corvettes
  • (cruisers from 1877)
Displacement3,913-4,070 tons[2]
Length280 ft (85 m)
Beam45 ft (14 m)
Draught23 ft (7.0 m)[1]
Propulsion
  • Three-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • 10 × cylindrical boilers
  • 1 × 21 ft (6.4 m) diameter screw[1]
Sail planShip-rigged
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1]
Complement375 (later 420)[1]
Armament

The Bacchante class was a group of three iron screw corvettes in service with the Royal Navy from the late 1870s.

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