HMS Vixen (1865)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vixen.
HMS Vixen was an armoured composite gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the first Royal Navy vessel to have twin propellers.
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Vixen (left) and the barque Nightwatch (right) at Bermuda Dockyard between 1867 and 1873 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Vixen |
Ordered | 22 March 1864[1] |
Builder | Charles Lungley, Deptford[1] |
Cost | £54,193[1] |
Laid down | 1864 |
Launched | 18 November 1865[2] |
Commissioned | 1866 |
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General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,228 tons[1] |
Tons burthen | 754 bm |
Length | 160 ft (49 m) pp |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m)[1] |
Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) maximum[3] |
Installed power | 740 ihp (550 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barquentine rig (removed 1873) |
Speed | 8.9 kn (16.5 km/h)[3] |
Range | 1,080 nmi (2,000 km) at maximum speed[3] |
Complement | 80 |
Armament | |
Armour | 4.5 in (11 cm) iron belt and bulkheads on 10 in (25 cm) of teak |
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