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Class | Bacchante-class |
Sister Ships | Bacchante, Euryalus |
Crew | 375 - 420 |
Weight | 11,000 |
Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod-steam engine, Coal-fired Normand boilers |
Armament | 14 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns 2 × Whitehead torpedo carriages |
Built | Portsmouth, 1876 |
Speed | 15 Knots |
Fate | Sold 1897 |
Notes | Sir Robert Scott served on this ship in his early career. This class of ships was the last one to be built of iron for the Royal Navy, with teak planking. |
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