HMS Icarus (1885)
HMS Icarus | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Icarus |
| Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
| Cost | Hull: £39,369, Machinery: £12,735 |
| Laid down | 18 August 1883 |
| Launched | 27 July 1885 |
| Commissioned | 6 July 1886 |
| Fate | Sold 12 April 1904 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mariner-class composite screw sloop |
| Displacement | 970 tons |
| Length | 167 ft (51 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power | 850 ihp (630 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barquentine-rigged; later barque-rigged |
| Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
| Range | Approximately 2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 126 |
| Armament |
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HMS Icarus was a Mariner-class composite screw gunvessel of 8 guns, and the third Royal Navy vessel to carry the name. She was launched in 1885 at Devonport and sold in 1904.