History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Speedwell |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 18 April 1888 |
Launched | 15 March 1889 |
Completed | 1 July 1890 |
Fate | Sold 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat |
Displacement | 735 long tons (747 t) |
Length | 230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp |
Beam | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Installed power | 3,600 ihp (2,700 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 kn (22 mph; 35 km/h) |
Complement | 91 |
Armament |
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HMS Speedwell was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the British Royal Navy. She was built at Devonport Dockyard from 188–1890. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. Speedwell was sold for scrap in 1920.