Rattler 1886

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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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