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INFERNAL paddle frigate (1845)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Infernal     Arsenal de Rochefort 13.1.1840 1.5.1843 11/1845 sail transport 6.1855

 

Displacement normal, t

2034

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

63.9 pp

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

5.15

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 4-cyl HSE, direct action, 4 flue boilers

Power, h. p.

837

Max speed, kts

10.2

Fuel, t

coal 475

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML

Complement

200

Project history: 450nhp paddle frigate.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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