Bramble-class gunboat (1886)

HMS Lizard, c.1890.
Class overview
Name	Bramble class
Builders	Armstrong Mitchell Harland & Wolff
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Albacore class (1883)
Succeeded by	Pygmy class
Built	1886
In commission	1886 - 1924
Completed	4
General characteristics [1]
Type	Composite screw gunboat
Displacement	715 tons standard
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power	1,000 ihp (750 kW) (Rattler 1,200 ihp (890 kW))
Propulsion	Triple-expansion steam engine Single screw
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km)
Crew	60
Armament	6 × 4-inch/25-pdr QF 4 × machine guns

The Bramble-class gunboat was a class of four gunboats mounting six 4-inch guns, built for the Royal Navy in 1886. In 1887 the first three were reclassified as gunvessels.^[1]