Ant Class Gunboat (1870)

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:

• 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:

• 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

• Wikipedia