|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Aetna | J Scott Russell, Millwall | 9.10.1854 | --- | --- | fire 3.5.1855 | ||
| Meteor | C J Mare & Co, Limehouse | 9.10.1854 | 17.4.1855 | 4.7.1855 | BU 1861 | ||
| Thunder | C J Mare & Co, Limehouse | 9.10.1854 | 17.4.1855 | 21.7.1855 | BU 6.1874 | ||
| Glatton | R & H Green, Limehouse | 9.10.1854 | 18.4.1855 | 3.8.1855 | BU 1864 | ||
| Trusty | R & H Green, Limehouse | 9.10.1854 | 3.5.1855 | 13.6.1855 | BU 1864 |
Displacement normal, t |
Aetna, Meteor, Thunder: 1469bm Glatton, Trusty: 1535bm |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
52.6 pp |
Breadth, m |
Aetna, Meteor, Thunder: 13.4 Glatton, Trusty: 13.8 |
Draught, m |
2.64 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, boilers |
Power, h. p. |
150hp |
Max speed, kts |
4.5 - 5.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armour, mm | iron; side: 114 - 89 |
Armament |
14 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML |
Complement |
200 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled. Copies of French batteries employed in the Crimean War. Intended to carry 16 guns but two guns were deleted to keep down the draught. Although complete as single-screw, Meteor and possibly others were quickly altered to triple-screw, with wing shafts presumably driven through a belt arrangement. Aetna was fired and launched herself 3.5.1855 (two days earlier than planned date) when she was nearly complete, but her remained incomplete and later BU on river bank.
Ship protection: 114-89mm iron plates protected the sides.
Modernizations: 1861, Trusty: fitted with Captain Coles's 'shield' and used for experiments.
Naval service: No significant events.
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