| HMS Buzzard (1887) | |
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 HMS Buzzard at Blackfriars on the Thames in 1906 | |
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| Name: | HMS Buzzard |
| Builder: | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Launched: | 10 May 1887[1] |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on 6 September 1921 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type: | Nymphe-class sloop |
| Tonnage: | 584 tons[1] |
| Displacement: | 1,140 tons |
| Length: | 195 ft (59 m) pp |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,000 ihp (1,500 kW) |
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| Sail plan: | Barquentine rigged |
| Speed: | 14.5 kn (26.9 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 135 |
| Armament: |
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H.M.S. Buzzard on the Thames in June 1907
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HMS Buzzard was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.
Design[]
Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction,[1] she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 10 May 1887.
Foreign service[]
The Nymphe-class sloops were ideal for service in the far distant outposts of the British Empire, and Buzzard was employed on the North America and West Indies Station.
Harbour training ship[]
In 1904 she was converted to a drill ship for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at Blackfriars, London, and in 1911 Buzzard relieved HMS President (formerly HMS Gannet of 1878) as Headquarters ship, being renamed HMS President on 1 April 1911.
Disposal[]
As President she served until 23 January 1918, when she was lent to the Marine Society. She was finally sold on 6 September 1921.
References[]
- Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (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.
- Preston, Anthony; Major, John (2007). Send a Gunboat: The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904 (2nd ed.). London: Conway. ISBN 978-0-85177-923-2.
- Battleships-cruisers.co.uk: Royal Navy Sloops
- Port Cities: London
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