HMS Seahorse (1880)
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HMS Seahorse was a Royal Navy fleet tug, tender and survey ship built in 1880. She served until the end of the First World War and was subsequently sold for commercial service in Spain.
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HMS Seahorse | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Seahorse (pennant W.72 from 1918)[1] |
Namesake | seahorse |
Builder | Laird Brothers[1][2] |
Yard number | 471[3] |
Launched | 7 July 1880[1][3] |
Commissioned | 20 January 1881[4] |
Fate | Sold 1 May 1920 to Crichton Thompson[1][2] |
History | |
Spain | |
Name | Chita |
Namesake | cheetah |
Owner |
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Fate | Broken up in 1933 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 670 tons[1] |
Length | 160 ft pp, 168 feet overall[1] |
Beam | 26 ft[1] |
Draught | 10 ft[1] |
Speed | 12.5 knots[1][2] |
Complement | 84[5] |
Armament | One 12 pounder[2][5] or two six pounder[1][2][4] |
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