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HMS Pelican

1877 Osprey-class screw sloop
Vehicle screw_sloop Q5633715
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Summary

HMS Pelican is a screw sloop[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (screw sloop category, ranking #10 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: Royal Navy[3]
  • Manufacturer: HMNB Devonport[4]
  • Vessel class: Osprey-class screw sloop[5]
  • Commons category: HMS Pelican (ship, 1877)[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[7]
  • Service entry: 1877[8]
  • Significant event: ship launching[9], ship decommissioning[10], keel laying[11], ship completed[12]
  • Described by source: The Victorian Royal Navy[13]
  • Different from: HMS Pelican[14], French brig Voltigeur[15]
  • Length: 52[16]
  • Width: 11[17]
  • Name: HMS Pelican[18]

Why It Matters

HMS Pelican is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dreadnought project page → H.M.S._Pelican_(1877)
    Image → HMS Cormorant 1878 AWM 302165.jpeg
    Commons category → HMS Pelican (ship, 1877)
    Described by source → The Victorian Royal Navy
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 20521, Add qualifier to Dreadnought Project page `H.M.S._Pelican_(1877)`"
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