Fantome-class sloop

HMS Egeria
Class overview
Name: Fantome-class sloops
Builders:
Operators:  Royal Navy
Preceded by: Eclipse class
Succeeded by: Osprey class
Cost:
  • Egeria:
  • Hull £32,468, machinery £10,414[1]
Built: 18731874
In commission: 18731911
Completed: 6
Scrapped: 6
General characteristics
Type: Screw composite sloop
Tonnage: 727 bm
Displacement: 949 long tons (964 t)
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: 836–1,011 ihp (623–754 kW)
Propulsion:
Sail plan: Barque rig
Speed: 10–11 knots (19–20 km/h; 12–13 mph)
Range: 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 140
Armament:

The Fantome class was a six-ship class of 4-gun screw composite sloops [2] built for the Royal Navy during 1873 and 1874.

Design

Construction

Fantome and her sister ships were constructed of an iron frame sheathed with teak and copper (hence 'composite').

Propulsion

A two-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine provided by Humphrys, Tennant & Co. powered an 11-foot (3.4 m) diameter screw. Steam was provided by three cylindrical boilers working at 60 pounds per square inch (4.1 bar). The indicated horsepower varied from 836 to 1,011 ihp (623 to 754 kW). Daring was fitted with a trunk engine provided by John Penn & Sons.[1]

Sailing rig

All the ships of the class were provided with a full barque rig.

Armament

The Fantome class carried two 7-inch (180 mm) and two 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles, all mounted on pivots.

Evaluation

Built at a time of great technological change in naval architecture, these composite sloops were obsolete before they were completed. Nevertheless, they served a useful function on the far-flung stations of the British Empire, including participation in minor wars, such as the Perak War. They were also used for hydrography, and for this reason Egeria was retained until 1911.

Ships

NameShip BuilderLaunchedFate
FantomePembroke Dock26 March 1873Sold 1889[2][3]
AlbatrossChatham Dockyard[1]24 July 1873Scrapped 1889[2][4]
DaringBlackwall Yard, London4 February 1874Sold 1889[2][5]
EgeriaPembroke Dock1 November 1873Sold 1911 [2][6]
Flying FishChatham Dockyard[1]27 November 1873Sold 1888[2][7]
SapphoMoney Wigram & Sons, Blackwall Yard[1]20 October 1873Sold 1887[2][8]

Notes

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