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NEWTON paddle corvette (1849)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Newton     Arsenal de Cherbourg 3.11.1845 14.10.1848 9/1849 wrecked 10.6.1857

 

Displacement normal, t

924

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

58.0 pp

Breadth, m

8.96

Draught, m

3.48

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE oscillating, tubular boilers

Power, h. p.

220nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal 190

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

6 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

123

Project history: 220nhp 2nd class paddle corvette. Iron hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Newton wrecked 10.6.1857 at Port-au-Choix, Newfoundland.

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