HMS Osprey (1876)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Osprey.
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Osprey
Namesake: Osprey
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard
Cost: Hull £39,664, machinery £11,674
Laid down: 1875
Launched: 5 August 1876
Completed: 19 April 1877
Decommissioned: 1889
Fate: Sold for scrap, 29 April 1890
General characteristics
Class & type: Osprey-class screw composite sloop
Displacement: 1,130 long tons (1,150 t)
Length: 170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p)
Beam: 36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Depth: 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m)
Installed power: 946 ihp (705 kW)
Propulsion:
Sail plan: Barque rig
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range: 1,480 nmi (2,740 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 140
Armament:

HMS Osprey was an Osprey-class sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s.


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