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HMS Gannet (1878) |
Type: |
Screw Sloop (rigged for sail) |
Class: |
Osprey |
Builder: |
Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
February 14, 1876 |
Launched: |
August 31, 1878 |
Keel Laid: |
December 1876 |
Commissioned: |
April 17, 1879 |
Fate: |
On display at The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Chatham, Kent, England. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
189' 9" |
Engines: |
1
two cylinder horizontal compound expansion |
Beam: |
35' 9" |
Boilers: |
3 cylindrical |
Draft: |
15' 9" |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
1,130 |
HP: |
N/A |
Speed: |
15 knots |
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Crew: |
139 |
Range: |
N/A |
Notes |
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May 16, 1903: |
Renamed HMS President and used as HQ ship in London. |
1911: |
Renamed President II. |
Oct. 1913: |
Loaned to C. B. Fry and renamed Mercury, used as an
accommodation ship
for
the training school at Southampton. |
1987: |
Arrived at Chatham for restoration. |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Sept. 23, 2008 |