HMS Ringdove (1856)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ringdove
Ordered	26 July 1855
Builder	J & R White, Cowes
Cost	£31,748
Launched	22 February 1856
Commissioned	31 May 1856
Decommissioned	10 November 1864
Fate	Sold on 2 June 1865 and broken up by White at Cowes in November 1866
General characteristics
Class & type	Vigilant-class second-class despatch/gunvessel
Displacement	860 tons
Tons burthen	669 79/94 bm
Length	180 ft (54.9 m) (gundeck); 160 ft 7.5 in (49.0 m) (keel);
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m) (designed)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.27 m)
Installed power	200 nominal horsepower; 677 ihp (505 kW);
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	11 kn (20 km/h) under steam
Complement	90
Armament	As designed:; 2 × 68-pounder Lancaster guns on pivots; 2 × 12-pdr howitzers; As completed:; 1 × 7-inch/110-pdr breech loader; 1 × 68-pdr muzzle-loading rifle; 2 × 20-pdr breech loaders;

HMS Ringdove was a Vigilant-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched by J. Samuel White, Cowes in 1856 and broken up in Cowes in 1866.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ringdove
Ordered	26 July 1855
Builder	J & R White, Cowes
Cost	£31,748
Launched	22 February 1856
Commissioned	31 May 1856
Decommissioned	10 November 1864
Fate	Sold on 2 June 1865 and broken up by White at Cowes in November 1866
General characteristics
Class & type	Vigilant-class second-class despatch/gunvessel
Displacement	860 tons
Tons burthen	669 79/94 bm
Length	180 ft (54.9 m) (gundeck) 160 ft 7.5 in (49.0 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m) (designed)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.27 m)
Installed power	200 nominal horsepower 677 ihp (505 kW)
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Single screw
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	11 kn (20 km/h) under steam
Complement	90
Armament	As designed: 2 × 68-pounder Lancaster guns on pivots 2 × 12-pdr howitzers As completed: 1 × 7-inch/110-pdr breech loader 1 × 68-pdr muzzle-loading rifle 2 × 20-pdr breech loaders