HMS Icarus (1885)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Icarus.

HMS Icarus
HMS Icarus
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Icarus
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
CostHull: £39,369, Machinery: £12,735[1]
Laid down18 August 1883[1]
Launched27 July 1885
Commissioned6 July 1886
FateSold 12 April 1904
General characteristics
Class and typeMariner-class composite screw sloop
Displacement970 tons
Length167 ft (51 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)[1]
Installed power850 ihp (630 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw[1]
Sail planBarquentine-rigged; later barque-rigged
Speed11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h)
RangeApproximately 2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1]
Complement126
Armament

HMS Icarus was a Mariner-class composite screw gunvessel of 8 guns,[2] and the third Royal Navy vessel to carry the name. She was launched in 1885 at Devonport and sold in 1904.

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  2. ^ "Cruisers at battleships-cruisers website". Retrieved 28 June 2009.