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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Name=''NymphNymphe''-class sloopsclass

|Builders=

|Operators={{navynaval|UKUnited Kingdom}}

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

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

|Subclasses=

|Cost=

|Built range=1885–18881885–1888

|In service range=

|In commission range=1885–19211885–1921

|Total ships building=

|Total ships planned=

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*Twin screws

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

*{{convert|13.5|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

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

*{{convert|14.5|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

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

|Ship endurance=

|Ship complement=

|Ship armament=

*8 × [[BL 5 inch gun Mk I – V|BL {{convert|5|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

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

|Ship armour=

|Ship notes=

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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 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 {{convert|1570|to|2000|ihp|kW}} through twin screws.

==Employment==

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

== ReferencesCitations ==

{{Reflist}}

==References==

{{Commons category|Nymphe class sloop}}

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*{{gunboat}}

==External links==

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