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Gleaner-class gunboat

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Class overview
NameGleaner class
Operators Royal Navy
Succeeded byDapper class
Built1854
In commission1854 – 1864
Completed6
General characteristics [1]
Type'Crimean' gunboat
Tons burthen215 5394 tons bm
Length
  • 100 ft (30 m) (gundeck)
  • 86 ft 4 in (26.31 m) (keel)
Beam22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
Draught7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Speed7.5 kn (13.9 km/h)
Crew36
Armament

The Gleaner (or Pelter)-class gunboat was a class of six gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1854 for use in the Crimean War.[1]

Design

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The Gleaner class was designed by W.H. Walker (who also designed the subsequent Dapper and Albacore classes). The ships were wooden-hulled, with steam power as well as sails, but of shallow draught for coastal bombardment in the shallow waters of the Baltic and Black Sea during the Crimean War.[1]

Propulsion

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Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines built by John Penn and Sons, with two boilers, provided 60 nominal horsepower through a single screw, sufficient for 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph).[1]

Armament

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Ships of the class were armed with one 68-pounder smooth bore muzzle loading cannon (SBML), one 32-pounder SBML (originally two 68-pounder SBMLs were planned but the forward gun was substituted by a 32-pounder) and two 24-pounder howitzers.[1]

Ships

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Name Ship builder[1] Launched[1] Fate[1]
Pelter W & H Pitcher, Northfleet 28 August 1854 Sold for breaking January 1864, breaking up completed by Tolpult on 1 February 1864
Pincher W & H Pitcher, Northfleet 5 September 1854 Breaking completed on 17 February 1864
Badger W & H Pitcher, Northfleet 23 September 1854 Broken up at Portsmouth in June 1864
Snapper W & H Pitcher, Northfleet 4 October 1854 Became a coal hulk in 1865, sold in 1906
Gleaner Deptford Dockyard 7 October 1854 Sold at Montevideo in April 1868
Ruby Deptford Dockyard 7 October 1854 Broken up October 1868

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Winfield, p.223

Bibliography

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  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.