HMS Nymphe (1888)
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NameHMS Nymphe
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard.
Cost£42,400 (hull) & £15,200 (machinery)[1]
Laid down5 July 1887[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Nymphe |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard. |
| Cost | £42,400 (hull) & £15,200 (machinery)[1] |
| Laid down | 5 July 1887[1] |
| Launched | 1 May 1888[1] |
| Commissioned | 3 July 1889[1] |
| Fate | Sold, February 1920[2] |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Displacement | 1,140 long tons (1,160 t) |
| Length | 195 ft (59.4 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
| Speed | 14.5 kn (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Endurance | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 138 |
| Armament |
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HMS Nymphe was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was renamed HMS Wildfire in 1906, HMS Gannet in 1916, and finally HMS Pembroke in 1917,[1] before she was sold in 1920.[2]
Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 1 May 1888.[2]
Commander Richard Bowles Farquhar was in command until 16 February 1900, when she paid off at Portsmouth for repairs.[5]