HMS Thrush (1889)

	HMS Thrush, First Class gunboat by W. Fred Mitchell
History
United Kingdom
Name	Thrush
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Cost	£39,000
Yard number	262
Launched	22 June 1889
Reclassified	Coastguard 1906; Cable ship 1915; Salvage vessel 1916;
Fate	Wrecked on 11 April 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	Redbreast-class gunboat
Displacement	805 tons
Length	165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp
Beam	31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
Draught	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max
Installed power	1,200 ihp (890 kW)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine; 2 × boilers; Single screw;
Sail plan	Barquentine-rigged
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement	76
Armament	6 × 4-inch/25-pounder QF guns; 2 × 3-pounder QF guns; 2 × machine guns;

HMS Thrush was a Redbreast-class^[1] composite gunboat,^[2] the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.

History
HMS Thrush, First Class gunboat by W. Fred Mitchell
United Kingdom
Name	Thrush
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Cost	£39,000^[1]
Yard number	262^[1]
Launched	22 June 1889
Reclassified	Coastguard 1906 Cable ship 1915 Salvage vessel 1916
Fate	Wrecked on 11 April 1917
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Redbreast-class gunboat
Displacement	805 tons
Length	165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp
Beam	31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
Draught	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max
Installed power	1,200 ihp (890 kW)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine 2 × boilers Single screw
Sail plan	Barquentine-rigged
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)^[1]
Complement	76
Armament	6 × 4-inch/25-pounder QF guns 2 × 3-pounder QF guns 2 × machine guns