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[[image:Im189806Cass-Condor.jpg|thumb| 1882. ]] | [[image:Im189806Cass-Condor.jpg|thumb| 1882. ]] | ||
HMS Condor was the name-ship of the Royal Navy Condor-class gun-ship carrying 3 guns. | |||
Designed by [[Nathaniel Barnaby]], the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, her hull was of composite construction; iron keel, frames, stem and stern posts with wooden planking. She was fitted with a 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine driving a single screw, produced by [[John Elder and Co]]. She was rigged with three masts, with square rig on the fore- and main-masts, making her a barque-rigged vessel. Her keel was laid at [[Devonport Dockyard]] on 15 December 1875 and she was launched on 28 December 1876. | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Condor_(1876) Wikipedia] | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:13, 2 August 2022
HMS Condor was the name-ship of the Royal Navy Condor-class gun-ship carrying 3 guns.
Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, her hull was of composite construction; iron keel, frames, stem and stern posts with wooden planking. She was fitted with a 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine driving a single screw, produced by John Elder and Co. She was rigged with three masts, with square rig on the fore- and main-masts, making her a barque-rigged vessel. Her keel was laid at Devonport Dockyard on 15 December 1875 and she was launched on 28 December 1876.
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