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GOMER paddle frigates (1842)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Gomer (ex-Asmodée)     Arsenal de Rochefort 25.9.1840 19.7.1841 4/1842 stricken 3.1868
Asmodée (ex-Monge)     Arsenal de Rochefort 19.10.1840 30.10.1841 7/1842 stricken 12.1865

 

Displacement normal, t

2736

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

72.8 pp

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

5.54

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl SE, side-lever, 4 flue boilers

Power, h. p.

900

Max speed, kts

Gomer: 10.8

Asmodée: 11.7

Fuel, t

coal 498

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 12 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

267

Project history: 450nhp paddle frigates.

Modernizations: 1846, Asmodée: was armed with 6 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML

1848, Gomer: was armed with 8 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 6 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Naval service: No significant events.

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