Nymphe-class sloop: Difference between revisions

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

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

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|Name=''Nymph'' -class sloops

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|Operators={{navy|UK}}

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|Ship sail plan=[[Barquentine]] Riggedrigged

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|Ship power=1,400 [[horsepower]]

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The '''''Nymphe'' class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of four screw composite [[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]] 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==