Condor-class sloop
| Shearwater under sail (top) Rinaldo c. 1908 with sailing rig removed (bottom) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Condor-class sloops |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Built | 1898–1900 |
| In commission | 1898–1932 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw steel sloop |
| Displacement | 980 tons |
| Length | |
| Beam | 32 ft 6 in (9.91 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Installed power | 1,400 hp (1,044 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged, changed to barquentine-rigged, later removed |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h) under power |
| Endurance | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 120-130 |
| Armament | |
| Armour | Protective deck of 1 in (2.5 cm) to 1+1⁄2 in (3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers. |
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The Condor class was a six-ship class of 10-gun screw steel sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 1900. Condor foundered in a gale, prompting the Royal Navy to abandon sailing rigs for its ships; all the others in the class survived into the 1920s. The last of the class, Mutine, survived until 1932 as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve drill ship.