# Fantome-class sloop

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The ***Fantome* class** was a six-ship [class](/source/Ship_class) of 4-gun screw composite [sloops](/source/Sloop-of-war)[2] built for the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) during 1873 and 1874.

## Design

### Construction

*Fantome* and her sister ships were constructed with an iron frame that was sheathed in teak and copper (hence 'composite').

### Propulsion

The ships were powered by a two-cylinder horizontal compound-expansion steam engine supplied by [Humphrys, Tennant & Co.](/source/Humphrys,_Tennant_%26_Co.) This engine powered an 11-foot (3.4-metre) diameter screw. Steam was generated by three cylindrical boilers operating at 60 pounds per square inch (4.1 bar). The [indicated horsepower](/source/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower) varied from 836 to 1,011 hp (623 to 754 kW). Additionally, *Daring* was equipped with a trunk engine provided by John Penn & Sons.[1]

### Sailing rig

All ships in the class were provided with a full [barque](/source/Barque) rig.

### Armament

The *Fantome* class carried two 7-inch (180-millimetre) and two 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifles, all mounted on pivots.

## Evaluation

Built during a significant technological change in [naval architecture](/source/Naval_architecture), these composite sloops became obsolete before they were completed. Nevertheless, they served an important role on the far-flung [stations](/source/List_of_Royal_Navy_stations) of the [British Empire](/source/British_Empire), including participation in minor wars, such as the [Perak War](/source/Perak_War). They were also used for [hydrography](/source/Hydrography), and for this reason, *Egeria* was retained until 1911.

## Ships

Name Ship builder Launched Fate HMS Fantome Pembroke Dock 26 March 1873 Sold 1889[2][3] HMS Albatross Chatham Dockyard[1] 24 July 1873 Scrapped 1889[2][4] HMS Daring Blackwall Yard, London 4 February 1874 Sold 1889[2][5] HMS Egeria Pembroke Dock 1 November 1873 Sold 1911 [2][6] HMS Flying Fish Chatham Dockyard[1] 27 November 1873 Sold 1888[2][7] HMS Sappho Money Wigram & Sons, Blackwall Yard[1] 20 October 1873 Sold 1887[2][8]

## Notes

1. Winfield (2004)

1. ["Naval Sloops at battleships-cruisers.co.uk"](http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_sloops_.htm). Retrieved 2008-08-30.

1. ["HMS *Fantome* at William Looney website"](http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1433). Retrieved 2008-08-30.

1. ["RN Ships (A) at William Looney website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080430203405/http://www.pdavis.nl/MidVicShips.php?page=1). Archived from [the original](http://www.pdavis.nl/MidVicShips.php?page=1) on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

1. ["RN Ships (D) at William Looney website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080705192347/http://www.pdavis.nl/MidVicShips.php?page=4). Archived from [the original](http://www.pdavis.nl/MidVicShips.php?page=4) on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

1. ["HMS *Egeria* at William Looney website"](http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1385). Retrieved 2008-08-30.

1. ["HMS *Flying Fish* at William Looney website"](http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1469). Retrieved 2008-08-30.

1. ["HMS *Sappho* at William Looney website"](http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=2030). Retrieved 2008-08-30.

## Bibliography

- Ballard, G. A. (1939). "British Sloops of 1875: The Smaller Composite Type". *Mariner's Mirror*. **25** (April): 151–61. Cambridge, UK: Society for Nautical Research.
- ["Great Britain and Empire Forces"](https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds0000unse_l2e2). *Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905*. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.

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