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Latest revision as of 17:47, 11 August 2017
Six Cadmus class sloops were completed for the Royal Navy from 1901 to 1904. They were the last class of cruiser-like masted sloops built in Britain. When the term was revived during the First World War it was used for a completely new type of anti-submarine escort.
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Espiegle | Sheerness DYd | 1900 | 8 Dec, 1900 | 21 Jan, 1902 | Sold 17 Sep, 1923 |
| Fantome | Sheerness DYd | 1900 | 23 Mar, 1901 | 5 Jun, 1902 | Sold 30 Jan, 1925 |
| Merlin | Sheerness DYd | 1901 | 30 Nov, 1901 | 1 May, 1903 | Sold 3 Aug, 1923 |
| Odin | Sheerness DYd | 1901 | 30 Nov, 1901 | 8 Jan, 1903 | Sold 12 Nov, 1920 |
| Clio | Sheerness DYd | 1902 | 14 Mar, 1903 | 19 Jan, 1904 | Sold 12 Nov, 1920 |
| Cadmus | Sheerness DYd | 1902 | 29 Apr, 1903 | 13 Apr, 1904 | Sold 1 Sep, 1921 |
Design & Construction
Espiegle was the last Royal Navy warship given a figurehead.[1]
Performance
Although built with masts and rigged as schooners, Espiegle was never given sails and the rigging was removed from all six in 1914.[2]
On trial all six exceeded their design speed by around half a knot.[3]
Armament
As Completed
- six 4-inch QF Mk III
- four 3-pounders
- three machine guns
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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