Beagle Class Sloop (1889)
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Two schooner-rigged Beagle class sloops were completed for the Royal Navy in 1889.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Beagle | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard | 14 May, 1888 | 28 Feb, 1889 | Sold 1905 | |
| Basilisk | Sheerness Royal Dockyard | 1 May, 1888 | 6 Apr, 1889 | Sold 1905 | |
Design & Construction
Performance
Their 180 ton fuel capacity offered them a radius of 3000 miles at 10 knots.[1]
Armament
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 59.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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