HMS Gannet (1878)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gannet.
HMS Gannet is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then loaned as a training ship for boys in the Hamble from 1913. It was restored in 1987 and is now part of the UK's National Historic Fleet.
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HMS Gannet in its dock in Chatham, 2005 | |
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Name | HMS Gannet |
Builder | Sheerness Royal Dockyard |
Cost | Hull £39,581, machinery £12,889[1] |
Laid down | 1877 |
Launched | 31 August 1878 |
Commissioned | 17 April 1879 |
Decommissioned | 16 March 1895 |
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Class and type | Doterel-class screw composite sloop |
Displacement | 1,130 tons |
Length | 170 ft 0 in (51.8 m) pp |
Beam | 36 ft 0 in (11.0 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
Installed power | 1,107 ihp (825 kW) |
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Sail plan | Ship-rigged originally and at present; barque-rigged in the middle of her career. |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Range | 1,480 nmi (2,740 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 140 |
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