Alert Class Sloop (1894)

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Two Alert class sloops were completed for the Royal Navy in 1895.

They were the first British sloops to feature quick-firing guns.

Overview of 2 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Alert Sheerness Royal Dockyard 8 Dec, 1893 28 Dec, 1894 Sold 1926
Torch Sheerness Royal Dockyard 8 Dec, 1893 28 Dec, 1894 Sold 1920

Design & Construction

Performance

Armament

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


Alert Class Screw Sloop
  Alert Torch