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NÉMÉSIS sailing frigates (1847-1848)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pandore     Arsenal de Brest 7.9.1829 26.3.1846 7/1847 screw frigate 5.1859, transport 1868
Némésis     Arsenal de Brest 14.9.1828 14.4.1827 1848 school ship 1864

 

Data variant sailing

Displacement normal, t

2303

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

52.5 pp

Breadth, m

13.8

Draught, m

6.30 mean

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Pandore: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 18-20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Némésis (1857): 8 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 No.1 SBML, 20 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 16 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

Complement

441

Project history: 2nd rank frigates, 52 guns. Clorinde was never begun.

Modernizations: 1859, Pandore: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table

Data variant screw

Displacement normal, t

2341

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

56.8 pp

Breadth, m

13.8

Draught, m

6.94

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.

200nhp

Max speed, kts

9.7

Fuel, t

coal 180

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 22 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 8 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

388

Naval service: No significant events.

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