HMS Niobe (1866)
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| Overview | |
| Type | Sloop |
| Shipyard |
Deptford Dockyard |
| Launch | May 31, 1866 |
| Commissioning | February 11, 1867 |
| Whereabouts | Stranded May 21, 1874 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
1,570 ts |
| length |
57 m |
| width |
10.97 m |
| Draft |
4.69 m |
| crew |
150 men |
| drive |
4 steam boilers |
| speed |
12.32 kn |
| Armament |
2 × 17.8 cm MLR |
The HMS Niobe was a wooden hull sloop of the Royal Navy built in 1866 and belonged to the Amazon class. She was the third ship in the Royal Navy to be named Niobe .
technology
The steam engine was supplied by Ravenhill & Salkeld.
commitment
The Niobe was used in North America and the West Indies .
Whereabouts
On May 21, 1874, the Niobe ran aground off the island of Miquelon and was abandoned by the crew.
Remarks
- ↑ MLR = M uzzle L oader R ifle (smooth tube front loader)
- ↑ This is an earlier Amazon class that is not identical to the class of Type 21 frigates from the 1970s.
literature
- John Roberts, HC Timewell, Roger Chesneau (Eds.), Eugene M. Kolesnik (Eds.): Warships of the World 1860 to 1905 - Volume 1: Great Britain / Germany . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1983, ISBN 3-7637-5402-4 .