Bramble-class gunboat (1886)

HMS Lizard, c.1890.
Class overview
NameBramble class
Builders
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byAlbacore class (1883)
Succeeded byPygmy class
Built1886
In commission1886 - 1924
Completed4
General characteristics [1]
TypeComposite screw gunboat
Displacement715 tons standard
Length165 ft (50 m)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught11 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power
  • 1,000 ihp (750 kW)
  • (Rattler 1,200 ihp (890 kW))
Propulsion
  • Triple-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km)
Crew60
Armament
  • 6 × 4-inch/25-pdr QF
  • 4 × machine guns

The Bramble-class gunboat was a class of four gunboats mounting six 4-inch guns, built for the Royal Navy in 1886. In 1887 the first three were reclassified as gunvessels.[1]

  1. ^ a b Winfield, p.298