HMS Fantome (1873)
.jpg) Fantome
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Fantome |
| Builder | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1872 |
| Launched | 26 March 1873 |
| Completed | December 1873 |
| Decommissioned | 1886 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, February 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fantome-class sloop |
| Displacement | 949 long tons (964 t) |
| Tons burthen | 727 bm |
| Length | 160 ft (48.8 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 31 ft 4 in (9.6 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Depth | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
| Installed power | 975 ihp (727 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque rig |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 125 |
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HMS Fantome was the lead ship of the Fantome-class sloops built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1870s.
Bibliography
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