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HMS Rambler was an {{sclass-|Algerine|gunvessel}} of the Royal Navy, built by John Elder & Co., Glasgow and launched on 26 January 1880. She was commissioned as a survey vessel in 1884 and served in Chinese waters during the 1880s and 1890s. She provided men to a naval brigade during the Boer War and was sold on 23 January 1907.

Design and construction

Designed in 1879 by Nathaniel Barnaby, the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy, the Algerine-class gunvessels were similar to the {{sclass-|Condor|gunvessel}}s of 1875, but with the addition of a poop deck.^[1] It had been found that the addition of both poop and focsle made gunvessels far more comfortable in the tropics; an awning spread between the two allowed men to sleep on the upper deck during hot nights.^[2] The composite method of construction used iron for the keel, stem, stern post and framing, with wooden planking. As well as the benefits of low cost, this construction allowed repairs to be conducted easily when away from well-equipped dockyards.^[2]

Propulsion

A two-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine provided by the builders produced {{convert|690|ihp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}} through a single screw, giving a speed of about {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h}}.^[1]

Sail plan

The vessels of the class were barque-rigged, but some of the pictures show yards on the mizzen mast, which would have made them ship rigged. The advantage of the barque rig was the need for less manpower, but on a distant station and with an experienced crew, and infrequent coaling stops, captains sometimes preferred to gain the greater sailing benefits of the ship rig, and had the flexibility to do so.

Armament

The Algerine-class gunvessels were designed with one {{convert|7|in|mm|adj=on}} (4½ ton) muzzle-loading rifles, two 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles, 2 machine guns and a light gun. Rambler, as a survey vessel, was finished with four 20-pdr breech loading guns, one machine gun and one light gun.^[1]

Build

The keel was laid at the Fairfield yard of John Elder & Co. in 1879 and she was launched on 26 January 1880. She was not commissioned until 1884, by which time she had been completed as a survey vessel.^[1]

Surveys

Boer War

At the turn of the century, she was under the command of Commander Herbert Edward Purey-Cust as she visited Port Said on 30 December 1900, leaving again two days later.^[9]

In May 1902 she was back at the China station, Captain Morris Henry Smyth in command.^[10]

Fate

Notes

1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶Winfield (2008) p.296
2. ^¹{{gunboat}}
3. ^¹Bastock 1988, p.113.
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/R/03790.html|title=HMS Rambler at the Naval Database website|accessdate=2010-12-22}}
5. ^It was the general practice of the Royal Navy during this period to send a crew out to a distant station, recommission the ship with the new crew, and send the old crew back home. This allowed the hulls to be exploited to the maximum extent possible.
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.canfoh.org/People/r.htm|title=Friends of Hydrography|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820200119/http://www.canfoh.org/People/r.htm|archivedate=20 August 2007|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.angloboerwar.com/rn-ships/151-hms-rambler|title=HMS Rambler at angloboerwar.com|accessdate=2010-12-22}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.seayourhistory.org.uk/component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,402/g2_itemId,11004/|title=Landing Parties of HMS Rambler and Doris, Simonstown. Boer War c.1899 at Sea Your History website|accessdate=2010-12-22}}
9. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence|day_of_week=Tuesday |date=1 January 1901 |page_number=12 |issue=36340| }}
10. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Wednesday |date=7 May 1902 |page_number=10 |issue=36761| }}