HMS Albatross (1873)

HMS Albatross was a 4-gun Fantome-class sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s.

HMS Albatross's sister ship, HMS Egeria
History
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:
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:

Notes

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