HMS Rambler (1880)
Rambler with an unidentified gunboat berthed to the right | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Rambler |
| Builder | John Elder & Co., Glasgow |
| Cost |
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| Yard number | 227 |
| Laid down | 1879 |
| Launched | 26 January 1880 |
| Commissioned | 1884 |
| Fate | Sold on 23 January 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Algerine-class gunvessel |
| Displacement | 835t |
| Length | 157 ft (48 m) pp |
| Beam | 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) |
| Installed power | 690 ihp (510 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque or full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) |
| Endurance | 110t of coal |
| Complement | 100 |
| Armament |
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HMS Rambler was an Algerine-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy, built by John Elder & Co., Glasgow and launched on 26 January 1880. She was commissioned as a survey vessel in 1884 and served in Chinese waters during the 1880s and 1890s. She provided men to a naval brigade during the Boer War and was sold on 23 January 1907. The work of this vessel is now remembered in Hong Kong by the Rambler Channel near Tsing Yi.