HMS Penguin (1876)
HMS Penguin
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Penguin |
| Builder: | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan |
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| Yard number: | 342 |
| Laid down: | 14 July 1874 |
| Launched: | 25 March 1876 |
| Commissioned: | 23 August 1877 |
| Recommissioned: | 1886 |
| Decommissioned: | 1889 |
| Recommissioned: | 1890 |
| Decommissioned: | 1908 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Australian service |
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Australia
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| Name: | HMAS Penguin |
| Acquired: | 1908 |
| Commissioned: | 1 July 1913 |
| Decommissioned: | 1924 |
| Fate: | Converted to crane hulk in 1924 |
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| Class and type: | Osprey-class screw composite sloop |
| Displacement: | 1,130 long tons (1,150 t) |
| Length: | 170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
| Depth: | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
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| Sail plan: | Barque rig |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Range: | 1,120 nmi (2,070 km; 1,290 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 140 |
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HMS Penguin was an Osprey-class sloop. Launched on 1876, Penguin was operated by the Royal Navy from 1877 to 1881, then from 1886 to 1889. After being converted to a survey vessel, Penguin was recommissioned in 1890, and operated until 1908, when she was demasted and transferred to the Australian Commonwealth Naval Forces for use as a depot and training ship in Sydney Harbour. After this force became the Royal Australian Navy, the sloop was commissioned as HMAS Penguin in 1913. Penguin remained in naval service until 1924, when she was sold off and converted into a floating crane. The vessel survived until 1960, when she was broken up and burnt.
Penguin was an Osprey-class sloop-of-war, with a composite hull design. The ship had a displacement of 1,130 tons, was 170 feet (52 m) long, had a beam of 36 feet (11 m), and a draught of 15 feet 9 inches (4.80 m). An R & W Hawthorn two-cylinder horizontal returning-rod steam engine fed by three cylindrical boilers provided 666 indicated horsepower to the single 13 ft (4.0 m) propeller screw. This gave Penguin a top speed of 9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph), which failed to meet the required contract speed. After the first commission the engine was replaced by a Devonport Dockyard two-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine, developing 951 indicated horsepower (709 kW). She had a maximum range of 1,480 nautical miles (2,740 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph). In addition to the steam-driven propeller, the vessel was also barque rigged. The standard ship's company was between 140 and 150.
Armament consisted of two 7-inch (90cwt) muzzle-loading rifled guns, four 64-pound guns, four machine guns, and one light gun.
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