Condor-class sloop

HMS Shearwater under sail HMS Rinaldo c. 1908 with sailing rig removed
Shearwater under sail (top)
Rinaldo c. 1908 with sailing rig removed (bottom)
Class overview
NameCondor-class sloops
Builders
Operators Royal Navy
Built1898–1900
In commission1898–1932
Completed6
Lost1
Retired5
General characteristics [1]
TypeScrew steel sloop
Displacement980 tons
Length
  • 204 ft (62 m) oa
  • 180 ft (55 m) pp
Beam32 ft 6 in (9.91 m)[Note 1]
Draught11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Installed power1,400 hp (1,044 kW)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Belleville boilers
  • Three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engine
  • Twin screws
Sail planBarque-rigged, changed to barquentine-rigged, later removed
Speed13 kn (24 km/h) under power
Endurance3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement120-130
Armament
ArmourProtective deck of 1 in (2.5 cm) to 1+1⁄2 in (3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers.
Mutine as built with barque-rig

The Condor class was a six-ship class of 10-gun[1] screw steel sloops[2] built for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 1900. Condor foundered in a gale, prompting the Royal Navy to abandon sailing rigs for its ships; all the others in the class survived into the 1920s. The last of the class, Mutine, survived until 1932 as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve drill ship.

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  2. ^ "Condor class at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 30 August 2008.


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