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Revision as of 17:43, 22 August 2013

Britain still had six old Ant Class Gunboats during the war, despite the fact they'd been forty years in service and had been serving as harbour service tenders for some time.

Design

The vessels were as follows:[1]

  • 254 tons
  • 89.5 feet overall (85 pp)
  • 26 foot beam
  • 6 foot draught
  • 260 I.H.P. for 8 knots

Armament

Varied by vessel in 1914:[2]

  • Ant: two 4.7-in
  • Blazer: two 12-pdr, two 6-pdr
  • Bloodhound: two 6-pdr. Disarmed in November, 1915.
  • Bustard: one 6-in, one 4.7-in. Disarmed in October, 1916.
  • Kite: one 6-in, one 4.7-in. Disarmed in November, 1915.
  • Mastiff: two 4.7-in, one 12-pdr

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 105.

Bibliography


Ant Class Gunboat
Ant Class
Ant Arrow Badger Blazer Bloodhound
Bonetta Bulldog Bustard Comet Cuckoo
Fidget Hyaena Kite Mastiff Pickle
Pike Scourge Snake Snap Weazel
Gadfly Class
  Gadfly Griper Pincher Tickler  
<– H.M.S. Plucky Small Fry (UK) Ariel Class –>
<– H.M.S. Plucky Gunboats (UK) Ariel Class –>