Plover-class gunvessel

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HMS Woodlark (1871) IWM Q 40622.jpg
Woodlark in 1880
Class overview
NamePlover class
OperatorsNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Preceded by Cormorantclass
Succeeded by Beaconclass
Built1867–1871
Completed12
Scrapped12
General characteristics (as built)
TypeWooden screw gunvessel
Displacement805 long tons (818 t)
Tons burthen663 bm
Length170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Depth15 ft (4.6 m)
Installed power857–985  ihp (639–735 kW)
Propulsion
Sail plan Barque rig
Speed10–11 knots (19–20 km/h; 12–13 mph)
Complement90
Armament

The Plover-class gunvessels were a class of wooden gunboats built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s. They mostly served overseas and were retired early as they were regarded as hopelessly obsolete by the late 1880s.

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Ships

ShipBuilder [1] Laid down [2] Launched [2] Completed [2] Fate [2]
Plover Deptford Dockyard NA20 February 1867NASold for breaking, August 1885
Ringdove Portsmouth Dockyard NA4 September 1867NASold for breaking, 17 May 1882
Philomel Deptford DockyardNA29 October 1867NASold at Bombay, 14 April 1886
Lapwing Devonport Dockyard 21 January 18678 November 186727 June 1868Sold for breaking, 15 April 1885
Magpie Portsmouth DockyardNA12 February 1868NASurvey vessel in 1878. Sold, September 1885
Bullfinch Sheerness Dockyard NA13 February 1868NASold for breaking, June 1885
Seagull Devonport Dockyard15 April 18676 March 186819 April 1871Sold for breaking, November 1887
Curlew Deptford DockyardNA20 August 1868NASold for breaking, 7 November 1882
Swallow Portsmouth DockyardNA16 November 1868NASold, 18 October 1882
Bittern Pembroke Dockyard NA20 September 1869NASold for breaking, November 1887
Vulture Sheerness DockyardNA6 November 1869NASold for breaking, September 1885
Woodlark Chatham Dockyard NA9 March 1871NASold at Bombay, 9 March 1887

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 109
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lyon & Winfield, p. 293

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