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} |} The ''Algerine'' class gunboats were a class of six 3-gun wooden gunboats (reclassified as gunvessels from 1859) built for the Royal Navy in 1857. A further pair were built in India for the Bombay Marine in 1859. An enlarged version of the very numerous ''Albacore'' class, they reflected the change in use from coastal operations towards deep-water cruising, but were delivered too late to see action in the Crimean War. They were the first class of Royal Navy gunboat to incorporate a hoisting screw, which gave them improved performance under sail. Of note, the last man hung from the yardarm in the Royal Navy was a Royal Marine executed on 13 July 1860 in ''Leven''. ==Design and construction== Developed during the Crimean War as an enlarged version of W. H. Walker's ''Albacore'' class, the ''Algerines'' were an acknowledgement that gunboats designed for coastal operations would inevitably be called upon to act in a cruising role, both in shallow and in deeper water.〔 Their increased size gave them much improved accommodation, and in general they were effective vessels, leading to the construction of two identical vessels for the Indian Marine.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Algerine-class gunboat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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