HMS Albatross (1873)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Albatross.
 HMS Albatross 's sister ship, HMS Egeria | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Albatross |
| Namesake: | Albatross |
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 1872 |
| Launched: | 27 April 1873 |
| Completed: | February 1874 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, February 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fantome-class sloop |
| Displacement: | 949 long tons (964 t) |
| Tons burthen: | 727 bm |
| Length: | 160 ft (48.8 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 4 in (9.6 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Depth: | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 838 ihp (625 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine 3 × cylindrical boilers |
| Sail plan: | Barque rig |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Range: | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 125 |
| Armament: | 2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns 2 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns |
HMS Albatross was a 4-gun Fantome-class sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s.
Notes
Bibliography
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