Modernizations: 1862, both: - 4 x 1 - 163/18, 28 x 1 - 161/15; + 1 x 1 - 183/14 110pdr 82cwt BL, 4 x 1 - 160/15 70pdr 42cwt BL
1863, both: - 4 x 1 - 160/15
Naval service: No significant events.
Duncan (left) and Hydra (right)
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Gibraltar | Devonport DYd | 10.1858 | 16.8.1860 | 28.8.1860 | TS 1872 | ||
| Duncan | Portsmouth DYd | 2.5.1857 | 13.2.1859 | 5.1.1860 | Coast Guard 6.1867 |
Displacement normal, t |
5724 |
Displacement full, t |
5950 |
Length, m |
76.8 pp |
Breadth, m |
17.7 |
Draught, m |
7.77 hold depth |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
Duncan: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE trunk Gibraltar: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
Power, h. p. |
Duncan: 3428ihp Gibraltar: 3494ihp |
Max speed, kts |
Duncan: 13.2 Gibraltar: 10.9 |
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 101-gun ships. Surveyor's Department design of 1857. Longer and broader version of Conqureror class, with the same armament. Both re-classed as 99-gun in 1861, to 85-gun in 1862 and to 81-gun in 1863. In 1867 there was a design proposed by Reed to fit Duncan as a breastwork turret ironclad, but this was cancelled for financial reasons. Wooden hull.
One more ship of class Robust was ordered in 1857 but in 1858 re-ordered as 90-gun ship.
Modernizations: 1862, both: - 4 x 1 - 163/18, 28 x 1 - 161/15; + 1 x 1 - 183/14 110pdr 82cwt BL, 4 x 1 - 160/15 70pdr 42cwt BL
1863, both: - 4 x 1 - 160/15
Naval service: No significant events.
Duncan (left) and Hydra (right)
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