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|Name=''Beagle'' -class sloopssloop

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|Built range=1889

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|In commission range=1889–1920

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|Ship type=Screw Steelsteel [[sloop-of-war|Sloopsloop]]

|Ship displacement=1170 tons<ref name=PB1/>

|Ship length={{convert|195|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[length between perpendiculars|pp]]<ref name=RW/>

|Ship beam={{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} <ref name=BC2>{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/cruisers.htm|title=HMS ''Basilisk'' at Battleships-Cruisers website|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref>

|Ship draught={{convert|13|ft|m|abbr=on}} <ref name=BC2/>

|Ship depth=

|Ship sail plan=[[Barquentine]] rig

|Ship decks=

|Ship power={{convert|2000 [[horsepower]]|ihp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}<ref name=PB2RW/>

|Ship propulsion=Three*3-cylinder horizontal triple-expansion steam engine<br>Twin
*2 screws

|Ship speed={{convert|14.5|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}<ref name=RW/>

|Ship range=

|Ship endurance={{convert|3000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}<ref name=RW/>

|Ship complement=138 <ref name=RW/>

|Ship armament='*''As built'''<br>:

Eight*8 × [[BL 5 inch gun Mk I - V|BL {{convert|5|in|mm|singadj=on|sigfig=4}} 50-pounder guns]]<br>

'*''After 1900'''<br>:

*8 × [[QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun|quick firing 4.7-inch guns]]

Eight [[Quick-firing gun]]s

|Ship armour=Protective deck of {{convert|1|in|cm|abbr=on}}-{{convertto|1.5+1/2|in|cm|abbr=on}} steel over the machinery and boilers<ref name=RW/>

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The '''''Beagle'' class''' was a two-ship [[ship class|class]] of 8-gun screw steel [[sloop-of-war|sloop]]s <ref name=BC>{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_sloops_.htm|title=Naval Sloops at battleships-cruisers.co.uk|accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref> built for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1889.

==Design==

''Beagle'' and ''Basilisk'' were constructed of copper-sheathed steel to a design by [[William Henry White|William White]], the Royal Navy [[Director of Naval Construction]]. They were powered by a twin-screw three-cylinder horizontal triple -expansion steam engine developing {{convert|2000 [[horsepower]]|ihp|kW|lk=in}} and carried a [[barquentine]] sail rig.<ref name=RW>{{cite book |title=''The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889'' |last=Winfield |first=Rif(2004) |coauthors=Lyon, David |year=2003 |publisher=Chatham Publishing |isbn=978-1861760326}}p.277</ref> They were essentially the same design as the preceedingpreceding [[Nymphe class sloop|''Nymphe'' class]], but built of steel rather than of composite wood-and-steel.<ref name=RW/>

==Operational Useuse==

''Beagle'' and ''Basilisk'' were constructed of copper-sheathed steel to a design by [[William Henry White|William White]], the Royal Navy [[Director of Naval Construction]]. They powered by a twin-screw three-cylinder horizontal triple expansion steam engine developing 2000 [[horsepower]] and carried a [[barquentine]] sail rig.<ref name=RW>{{cite book |title=''The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889'' |last=Winfield |first=Rif |coauthors=Lyon, David |year=2003 |publisher=Chatham Publishing |isbn=978-1861760326}}</ref> They were essentially the same design as the preceeding [[Nymphe class sloop|''Nymphe'' class]], but built of steel rather than of composite wood-and-steel.<ref name=RW/>

In common with other designs of [[Royal Navy]] [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] of the period, the ''Beagle'' class were not intended or designed to fight a modern fleet action; they were intended to patrol [[British Empire|BritainsBritain's extensive maritime empire]], and this is how they were employed. ''Beagle'' conducted three foreign commissions between 1890 and 1900, at least two of which were on the [[South Atlantic Station]].<ref name=PB1>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00499.html|title=HMS ''Beagle'' at Naval Database website|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> She was refitted in 1900, during which her {{convert|5-inch|in|mm|adj=on}} [[Breech-loading weapon|breech-loading]] guns were replaced with [[quick-firing gun]]s. ''Basilisk'' also spent all or part of her career on the [[South Atlantic Station]]. <ref name=PB2>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00480.html|title=HMS ''Basilisk'' at Naval Database website|accessdate=2008-08-31| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080830051905/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00480.html| archivedate= 30 August 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Operational Use==

In common with other designs of [[Royal Navy]] [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] of the period, the ''Beagle'' class were not intended or designed to fight a modern fleet action; they were intended to patrol [[British Empire|Britains' extensive maritime empire]], and this is how they were employed. ''Beagle'' conducted three foreign commissions between 1890 and 1900, at least two of which were on the [[South Atlantic Station]].<ref name=PB1>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00499.html|title=HMS ''Beagle'' at Naval Database website|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> She was refitted in 1900, during which her 5-inch [[Breech-loading weapon|breech-loading]] guns were replaced with [[quick-firing gun]]s. ''Basilisk'' also spent all or part of her career on the [[South Atlantic Station]]. <ref name=PB2>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00480.html|title=HMS ''Basilisk'' at Naval Database website|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref>

== Ships ==

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!Name||Ship Builder|||Launched|||Fate

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|{{HMS|Beagle|1889|62}}||[[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]|||[[28 February]] [[1889]]|||Sold tofor BUbreaking on 11 July 1905<ref name=BCPB1/><ref name=PB1RW/><ref name=RWBC/>

|-

|{{HMS|Basilisk|1889|62}}||[[Sheerness]] [[Dockyard|Royal Dockyard]]|||[[6 April]] [[1889]]|||Became coal hulk ''C7'' and sold as ''Maggie Grech'' in 1905<ref name=BCRW/><ref name=PB2BC/><ref name=RWPB2/>

|}

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