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HMS Thistle (1899)
Bramble-class gunboat of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Thistle.
HMS Thistle was a Bramble-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1899 and broken up in 1926. She was the last classic Victorian gunboat, and the last British warship to retain a practical sailing rig.
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Name | HMS Thistle |
Namesake | The Thistle |
Builder | London & Glasgow |
Laid down | 2 December 1897 |
Launched | 22 July 1899 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1926 |
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Class and type | Bramble-class gunboat (1898) |
Displacement | 710 long tons (721 t) |
Length | 180 ft (54.9 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Installed power | 1,300 ihp (970 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
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Complement | 85 |
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