Bacchante-class corvette
The Bacchante class was a group of three iron screw corvettes in service with the Royal Navy from the late 1870s.
_photo.jpg.webp) HMS Bacchante | |
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| Builders: | Portsmouth and Chatham Dockyards |
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 Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | Emerald-class corvette |
| Succeeded by: | Comus-class corvette |
| Built: | 1875 - 1877 |
| In commission: | 1877 - 1905 |
| Planned: | 4 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Cancelled: | 1 |
| Lost: | 0 |
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| Displacement: | 3913 - 4070 tons[1] |
| Length: | 280 ft (85 m) |
| Beam: | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draught: | 23 ft (7.0 m)[2] |
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| Sail plan: | Ship-rigged |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h)[2] |
| Complement: | 375 (later 420)[2] |
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Design and construction
The ships were designed by Nathaniel Barnaby in 1872, with the first two ordered from Portsmouth Royal Dockyard in 1872 and Euryalus from Chatham Royal Dockyard in 1873. These were the last ships to be built of iron for the Royal Navy, with teak planking. Although similar, the three ships differed in design and appearance, and thus did not technically form a single class. A fourth ship (Highflyer) was ordered in 1878 from Portsmouth Dockyard, but was cancelled in 1879. In 1887, like all the remaining corvettes, they were redesignated cruisers by the Royal Navy.
Ships
| Name | Ship builder | Launched | Fate |
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| Boadicea | Portsmouth Dockyard | 16 October 1875[1] | Sold 6 January 1905[2] |
| Bacchante | Portsmouth Dockyard | 19 October 1876[1] | Sold 10 May 1897[2] |
| Euryalus | Chatham Dockyard | 31 January 1877[1] | Sold 10 May 1897[2] |
| Highflyer | Cancelled 1879 | ||
See also
Media related to Bacchante class corvette at Wikimedia Commons
References
- "Bacchante-class at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
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