Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
Conqueror |
Devonport DYd |
25.7.1853 |
2.5.1855 |
9.4.1856 |
wrecked 29.12.1861 |
||
Donegal | Devonport DYd | 27.9.1855 | 23.9.1858 | 27.8.1859 | torpedo school ship 1.1886 |
Displacement normal, t |
5461 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
73.2 pp |
Breadth, m |
16.9 |
Draught, m |
7.47 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE trunk |
Power, h. p. |
Conqueror: 2812 Donegal: 3103 |
Max speed, kts |
Conqueror: 10.8 Donegal: 11.8 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 36 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 36 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 28 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
Complement |
930 |
Project history: New two-decker, 101-gun ships. Surveyor's Department design of 1852. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Conqueror wrecked 29.12.1861 on Rum Cay (Bahamas).
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