HMS Thrush (1889)

HMS Thrush, First Class gunboat by W. Fred Mitchell
History
United Kingdom
NameThrush
BuilderScotts, Greenock
Cost£39,000
Yard number262
Launched22 June 1889
Reclassified
  • Coastguard 1906
  • Cable ship 1915
  • Salvage vessel 1916
FateWrecked on 11 April 1917
General characteristics
Class & typeRedbreast-class gunboat
Displacement805 tons
Length165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp
Beam31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
Draught11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max
Installed power1,200 ihp (890 kW)
Propulsion
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • 2 × boilers
  • Single screw
Sail planBarquentine-rigged
Speed13 kn (24 km/h)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement76
Armament
  • 6 × 4-inch/25-pounder QF guns
  • 2 × 3-pounder QF guns
  • 2 × machine guns

HMS Thrush was a Redbreast-class composite gunboat, the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.

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