Redbreast-class gunboat

HMS Sparrow
Class overview
NameRedbreast-class gunboats
Builders
Operators
  •  Royal Navy
  • New Zealand Government
  • Merchant navy Ensign of the UK British Merchant Navy
Cost
  • Between £38,000 (Widgeon)
  • and £39,300 (Ringdove)[1]
Built1889
In commission1889–1921
Completed9
Lost1
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeRedbreast-class first-class gunvessel
Displacement805 tons
Length165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp
Beam31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
Draught11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max
Installed power1,200 ihp (890 kW)
Propulsion
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • 2 × boilers
  • Single screw
Sail planBarquentine-rigged
Speed13 kn (24 km/h)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1]
Complement76
Armament

The Redbreast class comprised nine first-class screw-driven composite gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1889, mounting six guns.

  1. ^ a b c Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. pp. 299–300. ISBN 9781861760326. OCLC 52620555.