Grasshopper-class torpedo gunboat

	Spider
Class overview
Name	Grasshopper-class torpedo gunboat
Builders	Devonport Dockyard; Sheerness Dockyard;
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	HMS Rattlesnake (1886)
Succeeded by	Sharpshooter class
Built	1886–1888
In commission	1888–1905
Completed	3
Lost	0
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo gunboat
Displacement	525 long tons (533 t)
Length	200 ft (61 m) (pp)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Installed power	2 Locomotive boilers; 1,600 ihp (1,200 kW) (natural draught); 2,700 ihp (2,000 kW) (forced draught);
Propulsion	2 screws; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	19.25 knots (35.65 km/h; 22.15 mph)
Range	2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	66
Armament	2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes; 2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo carriages ; 1 × 4 in (102 mm) gun; 6 × 3-pounder guns;

The Grasshopper-class torpedo gunboat was a class of torpedo gunboat built for the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. All three ships were scrapped before World War I.

Class overview
Spider
Name	Grasshopper-class torpedo gunboat
Builders	Devonport Dockyard Sheerness Dockyard
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	HMS Rattlesnake (1886)
Succeeded by	Sharpshooter class
Built	1886–1888
In commission	1888–1905
Completed	3
Lost	0
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo gunboat
Displacement	525 long tons (533 t)
Length	200 ft (61 m) (pp)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Installed power	2 Locomotive boilers 1,600 ihp (1,200 kW) (natural draught) 2,700 ihp (2,000 kW) (forced draught)
Propulsion	2 screws; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	19.25 knots (35.65 km/h; 22.15 mph)
Range	2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	66
Armament	2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo carriages 1 × 4 in (102 mm) gun 6 × 3-pounder guns