Satellite-class sloop

HMS Satellite
Satellite
Class overview
NameSatellite-class sloops
Builders
  • Devonport Dockyard
  • Sheerness Dockyard
Operators
Cost£62,900 (Satellite) - £71,000 (Caroline)
Built1883–1888
In commission1883–1947
Completed7
General characteristics
Displacement1,420 tons
Length200 ft (61 m)
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Draught15.7 ft (4.8 m)[1]
Installed power1,400 hp (1,044 kW)
Propulsion
  • Horizontal compound expansion steam engine
  • Single screw[1]
Sail planBarque-rigged
RangeApproximately 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1]
Complement170-200
Armament
ArmourInternal steel deck over machinery and magazines

The Satellite class was a class of 12-gun composite sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1883 and 1888, and reclassified as corvettes in 1884.[2]

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  2. ^ a b "Satellite-class sloops at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 11 September 2008.