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HMS Thrush (1889)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Thrush.

HMS Thrush, First Class gunboat by W. Fred Mitchell
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Thrush
BuilderScotts, Greenock
Cost£39,000[1]
Yard number262[1]
Launched22 June 1889
Fate
  • Coastguard 1906
  • Cable ship 1915
  • Salvage vessel 1916
  • Wrecked on 11 April 1917
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeRedbreast-class first-class gunvessel
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)[1]
Complement76
Armament
  • 6 × 4-inch/25-pounder QF guns
  • 2 × 3-pounder QF guns
  • 2 × machine guns

HMS Thrush was a Redbreast-class[1] composite gunboat,[2] the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.

Design

The Redbreast-class were designed by Sir William Henry White, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction in 1888.[1]

Construction

Thrush was launched on 22 June 1889 at Greenock.[3] Her triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine was built by the Greenock Foundry, and developed 1,200 indicated horsepower (890 kW), sufficient to propel her at 13 kn (24 km/h) through her single screw.

Career

Her first station was the North America and West Indies Station based in Halifax where, in 1891, she was commanded by HRH Prince George, later to become King George V of the United Kingdom.[2] In 1896 Thrush, along with Sparrow, played a part in the 40 minute Anglo-Zanzibar War.[4] She was also on active service during the Second Boer War, which lasted between October 1899 and June 1902 where she was commanded by Lieutenant Warren Hastings D'Oyly.[5] In early 1902 she helped a British force in Nigeria re-open trade routes on the Lower Niger, closed by piracy of some locals.[6] Lieutenant Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones was appointed in command on 5 July 1902.[7]

From 1906 Thrush worked for HM Coastguard before becoming a cable ship in 1915.[3] She then became a salvage ship in 1916 before being wrecked off Glenarm in Northern Ireland on 11 April 1917.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2004), pp.299-300
  2. ^ a b Canadian Military Heritage site
  3. ^ a b c Entry in Clydebuilt database
  4. ^ Patience 1994, p. 7.
  5. ^ Anglo-Boer War site
  6. ^ "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. p. 5879.
  7. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36814. London. 8 July 1902. p. 11. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

Bibliography

  • Patience, Kevin (1994), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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