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|Ship image=[[Image:HMS Nymphe (1888).jpg|300px|HMS Nymphe]]

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|Ship image=[[ImageFile:HMS Nymphe (1888).jpg|300px|HMS Nymphe]]

|Ship caption=HMS ''Nymphe'', name ship of the ''Nymphe'' class

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|Name=''NymphNymphe''-class sloopsclass

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|Operators={{navynaval|UKUnited Kingdom}}

|Class before={{sclass|Satellite|sloop|4}}

|Class after={{sclass|Beagle|sloop|4}}

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|Built range=1885–18881885–1888

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|In commission range=1885–19211885–1921

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|Ship class=

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

|Ship displacement=1140 tons <ref name=PB/>

|Ship length={{convert|195|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[length between perpendiculars|pp]]<ref name=RW>Winfield (2004)</ref>

|Ship beam={{convert|3028|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=RW/>

|Ship draught={{convert|12.1|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=RW/>

|Ship depth=

|Ship sail plan=[[Barquentine]] rigged

|Ship decks=

|Ship power=1*''Swallow'',400 [[horsepower]]''Daphne'':

*{{convert|1570|ihp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=Sails and steam

*''Buzzard'', ''Nymphe'':

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*{{convert|2000|ihp|kW|abbr=on}}<ref name=RW/>

|Ship propulsion=Sails and steam

*Horizontal triple-expansion steam engine

*Twin screws

|Ship speed=*''Swallow'', ''Daphne'':

*{{convert|13.5|kn|abbr=on}}

*''Buzzard'', ''Nymphe'':

*{{convert|14.5|kn|abbr=on}}

|Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|abbr=on}}

|Ship endurance=

|Ship complement=

|Ship armament=<table>

*8 Four× [[BL 45 inch naval gun Mk I -– VIV|BL {{convert|45|in|mm|singadj=on|sigfig=4}} guns]]<ref name=RW/><ref name=GB>Preston (2007) p.182</ref>

*4 × 1-inch [[Nordenfelt gun|Nordenfeldt]] machine guns

* Four 3 pounder guns<ref name=PB/>

*4 × .45-inch [[Gardner gun|Gardner]] machine guns

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The '''''Nymphe'' class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of four screw composite [[sloop-of-war|sloopsloops]]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]] between 1885 and 1888. As built they were armed with four 4-inch guns and four 3-pounder guns.<ref name=PB>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/N/03290.html|title=HMS ''Nymphe'' at Naval Database website|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref>

==Design==

Built to a design by [[William Henry White]], [[Director of Naval Construction]],<ref name="Times 1">''[[The Times]] (London)'', Wednesday, 11 May 11, 1887, p.9</ref> ''Nymphe'' and her sister ships were constructed of an iron frame sheathed with [[teak]] and copper (hence 'composite'), and powered by both sails and a steam engine delivering 1,400 [[horsepower]]{{convert|1570|to|2000|ihp|kW}} through twin screws.

==Employment==

Although made obsolete by quickly changing naval technology, these sloops were ideal for operations in the far distant outposts of the [[British Empire]] in the late 19th century. ''Swallow'' served on the [[South Atlantic Station]], ''Buzzard'' on the [[North American and West Indies Station|North America and West Indies Station]] and ''Nymphe'' on the [[Pacific Station]]. ''Daphne'' served on the [[China Station]], and it was in June 1900 that she brought ammunition into [[Shanghai]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. ''Nymphe'' and ''Buzzard'' survived until after [[World War I]] as harbour training ships.

== Ships ==

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

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|{{HMS|Nymphe|1888|62}}||[[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]|||1 May 1888|||Shore training ship at [[Sheerness]] from Aug 1914, later renamed ''Wildfire''<ref name=PB/> and sold in 1920<ref name=BC/>

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|{{HMS|Buzzard|1887|62}}||[[Sheerness]] Royal [[Dockyard]]|||10 May 1887|||Renamed [[HMS President (shore establishment)|HMS ''President'']] on 1 April 1911 and sold on 6 September 1921<ref name=BC/>

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|{{HMS|Daphne|1888|62}}||[[Sheerness]] Royal [[Dockyard]]|||29 May 1888||Sold 1904<ref name=BC/>

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|{{HMS|Swallow|1885|62}}||[[Sheerness]] Royal [[Dockyard]]|||27 October 1885 |||Sold 1904<ref name=BC/>

|}

[[ImageFile:HMS Buzzard (1887).jpg|thumb|right|HMS ''Buzzard'' at [[Blackfriars, London]] in June 1907 as a [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]] training ship]]

== ReferencesCitations ==

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