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Name: RATTLER
Type: Gunboat
Keel: 15/08/1885
Launched: 04/08/1886
Completed: 1886
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 491
Dimensions: 670disp, 165.0 x 28.0 x 10.7(draft)ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 29 & 43 x 24ins), 1200ihp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, St Peter's, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.5knots
Construction: Composite: Wood on Iron frames
Armament: 6 x 1 x 4.0ins guns
History:
1886 British Royal Navy
1924 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Bramble Class
1900 to 1907: Fitted with an experimental 5cyl gas engine
1914: Converted to a salvage vessel for use at Scapa Flow
1919: Used as a training ship and named HMS DRYAD
1924: Sold for scrapping


Above photo copyright of National Maritime Museum

Above photo copyright of National Maritime Museum

Above photo copyright of National Maritime Museum

Above photo copyright of National Maritime Museum