The ''Condor''-class gunvessel was a class of four
Royal Navy
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composite gunvessels of 3 guns, built between 1876 and 1877.
They were all hulked or sold before 1893, giving them an active life of less than 15 years.
Construction
Design
Designed by
Nathaniel Barnaby
Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, (25 February 1829 – 16 June 1915) was Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy from 1872 to 1885.
Biography
Born on 25 February 1829 in Chatham, Barnaby began his career as a naval apprentice at Sheerness in 1843. He wo ...
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the Royal Navy
Director of Naval Construction
The Director of Naval Construction (DNC) also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Construction and Directorate of Naval Construction and originally known as the Chief Constructor of the Navy was a senior principal civil officer res ...
, the hull was of composite construction; that is, iron keel, frames, stem and stern posts with wooden planking.
Propulsion
They were fitted with three boilers, a 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine and a single screw. ''Griffon'' and ''Falcon'' were engined by Laird Brothers and had a feathering propeller. ''Flamingo'' and ''Condor'' were engined by John Elder & Co, and all ships had a designed
, developing about under power.
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Sail plan
The class was rigged with three masts, with square rig on the fore- and main-masts, making them barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel with three or more mast (sailing), masts of which the fore mast, mainmast, and any additional masts are Square rig, rigged square, and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-maste ...
-rigged vessels.[
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Armament
The ships of the class were fitted with a 7-in (4½-ton) muzzle-loading rifle and two 64-pounder (64cwt) muzzle-loading rifles, except for ''Flamingo'', which had two 20-pounder breech-loaders in place of one of the 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles. In 1884 ''Flamingo'' and ''Griffon'' were rearmed with two 5-in Vavasseur breech loaders replacing the 7-in muzzle-loading rifle.[
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Ships
References
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External links
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Gunboat classes