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Forester-class gunboat
The ''Forester''-class gunboat was a class of 4-gun composite gunboats built for the Royal Navy between 1874 and 1877. Although half had been sold by 1890, the rest survived into the 20th century as coal hulks, base vessels and other secondary uses. ''Foxhound'' survived as a hulk on the Blackwall Reach of the Thames until 1975, when she was broken up. They were built of composite construction, that is, with iron keel, stem and stern posts, and iron framing, but planked with wood.
==Design and construction==
Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby, Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy, the ''Forester''-class gunboats were similar in every respect to the preceding s.〔Preston (2007) p.171〕 They were fitted with a 2-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine, although ''Moorhen'' and ''Sheldrake'' received a single-expansion direct-acting steam engine. These engines were rated for 60 nominal horsepower and generated between and ).〔 They were armed with two 64-pounder (56cwt) muzzle-loading rifles and two 20-pounder Armstrong breech loaders. All 4 guns were mounted on traversing carriages. All the ships of the class carried a three-masted barquentine rig.〔
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