Forester-class gunboat
The Forester-class gunboat was a class of 4-gun composite gunboats built for the Royal Navy between 1874 and 1877. Although half had been sold by 1890, the rest survived into the 20th century as coal hulks, base vessels and other secondary uses. Foxhound survived as a hulk on the Blackwall Reach of the Thames until 1975, when she was broken up. They were built of composite construction, that is, with iron keel, stem and stern posts, and iron framing, but planked with wood.
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Forester-class gunboat
The Forester-class gunboat was a class of 4-gun composite gunboats built for the Royal Navy between 1874 and 1877. Although half had been sold by 1890, the rest survived into the 20th century as coal hulks, base vessels and other secondary uses. Foxhound survived as a hulk on the Blackwall Reach of the Thames until 1975, when she was broken up. They were built of composite construction, that is, with iron keel, stem and stern posts, and iron framing, but planked with wood.
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*William Doxford, Sunderland
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*J & G Thomson, Govan
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Hull £14,150, machinery £6,550
In commission range
c.1874–1931
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Forester-class gunboats
Ship armament
*2 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
*2 × 20-pounder Armstrong breech loaders
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Ship displacement
*First 6 ships: 440 tons
*Last 6 ships: 455 tons
Ship propulsion
*1 ×2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
*2 × boilers
*1 × screw
Ship sail plan
Three-masted barquentine rig
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The Forester-class gunboat was ...... raming, but planked with wood.
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Forester-class gunboat
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