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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption="Well Done Condor". Bombardment of Alexandria, 1882 by Charles Dixon
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Condor-class gunvessels | Builders=*Devonport Dockyard- Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
| UK}} | Class before= | Class after= | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1876–1877 | In service range= | In commission range=1877–1923 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=4 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired= | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship displacement=774 tons | Ship tons burthen= | 157|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 29|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | 12|ft|m|abbr=on}}[1] | Ship draft= | 750|ihp|kW|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*Three Boilers- 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
- Single screw (Laird vessels had feathering blades)[1]
| Ship sail plan=Barque-rigged | 11.5|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} under power | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship complement=100[1] | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*One 7-in (4½-ton) muzzle-loading rifle- Two 64-pounder (64cwt) muzzle-loading rifles
- Except Flamingo:
- One 7-in (4½-ton) muzzle-loading rifle
- One 64-pounder (64cwt) muzzle-loading rifles
- Two 20-pounder Breech-Loaders
- Flamingo and Griffon rearmed in 1884:
- 7-in MLR replaced with two 5-in Vavasseur breech loaders
| Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship notes=
}} | The Condor-class gunvessel was a class of four Royal Navy composite gunvessels of 3 guns, built between 1876 and 1877.[1] They were all hulked or sold before 1893, giving them an active life of less than 15 years. ConstructionDesignDesigned by Nathaniel Barnaby,[2] the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, the hull was of composite construction; that is, iron keel, frames, stem and stern posts with wooden planking. PropulsionThey were fitted with three boilers, a 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine and a single screw. Griffon and Falcon were engined by Laird Brothers and had a feathering propeller. Flamingo and Condor were engined by John Elder & Co, and all ships had a designed {{convert|750|ihp|kW}}, developing about {{convert|11.5|kn|km/h}} under power.[2]Sail planThe class was rigged with three masts, with square rig on the fore- and main-masts, making them barque-rigged vessels.[2] ArmamentThe ships of the class were fitted with a 7-in (4½-ton) muzzle-loading rifle and two 64-pounder (64cwt) muzzle-loading rifles, except for Flamingo, which had two 20-pounder breech-loaders in place of one of the 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles. In 1884 Flamingo and Griffon were rearmed with two 5-in Vavasseur breech loaders replacing the 7-in muzzle-loading rifle.[2] Ships| Name | Ship Builder | Launched | Fate | | Flamingo|1876|2}} | Devonport Dockyard | 13 December 1876 | Hulk 1893. Sold to Plymouth Port Sanitary Authority on 25 May 1923. Sold on 4 May 1931 for breaking | | Griffon|1876|2}} | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead | 16 December 1876 | Sold to the Board of Trade as a hulk on 28 September 1891 and renamed Richmond | | Condor|1876|2}} | Devonport Dockyard | 28 December 1876 | Sold to George Cohen in August 1889 | | Falcon|1877|2}} | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead | 4 January 1877 | Hulk in 1890. Sold to E W Payne & Company on 25 June 1920 |
References1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/condor_class2.htm |title = Condor class gunvessels at battleships-cruisers website| accessdate = 2010-02-09}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{winfield}}
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