![]() HMS Bacchante
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Portsmouth and Chatham Dockyards |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Emerald class |
Succeeded by | Comus class |
Built | 1875–1877 |
In commission | 1877–1905 |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 3 |
Cancelled | 1 |
Retired | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type |
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Displacement | 3,913-4,070 tons[2] |
Length | 280 ft (85 m) |
Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
Draught | 23 ft (7.0 m)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Ship-rigged |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1] |
Complement | 375 (later 420)[1] |
Armament |
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The Bacchante class was a group of three iron screw corvettes in service with the Royal Navy from the late 1870s.