The ''Condor''-class gunvessel was a class of four Royal Navy composite gunvessels of 3 guns, built between 1876 and 1877. They were all hulked or sold before 1893, giving them an active life of less than 15 years.

Construction

Design

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, the hull was of composite construction; that is, iron keel, frames, stem and stern posts with wooden planking.

Propulsion

They were fitted with three boilers, a 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine and a single screw. ''Griffon'' and ''Falcon'' were engined by Laird Brothers and had a feathering propeller. ''Flamingo'' and ''Condor'' were engined by John Elder & Co, and all ships had a designed , developing about under power.

Sail plan

The class was rigged with three masts, with square rig on the fore- and main-masts, making them barque-rigged vessels.

Armament

The ships of the class were fitted with a 7-in (4½-ton) muzzle-loading rifle and two 64-pounder (64cwt) muzzle-loading rifles, except for ''Flamingo'', which had two 20-pounder breech-loaders in place of one of the 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles. In 1884 ''Flamingo'' and ''Griffon'' were rearmed with two 5-in Vavasseur breech loaders replacing the 7-in muzzle-loading rifle. HMS Griffon (1876)

Ships

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