Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Castor | Indret, Nantes | 1.7.1829 | 26.5.1831 | 9/1831 | stricken 10.1853 |
Displacement normal, t |
750 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
46.3 pp |
Breadth, m |
8.20 |
Draught, m |
3.33 mean |
No of shafts |
side wheels |
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl SE, boilers |
Power, h. p. |
120nhp |
Max speed, kts |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
6 x 1 SBML |
Complement |
59 - 73 |
Project history: 160nhp steam vessel of Sphinx class, later paddle 1st class aviso. In 1849 she was rerated as 2nd class.
Modernizations: 1840s: was armed with 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML
Naval service: No significant events.
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