|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Erebus | Robert Napier & Sons, Govan | 1855 | 19.4.1856 | 1856? | never at sea, sold 5.1884 | ||
| Thunderbolt | Samuda Brothers, Millwall | 26.12.1855 | 22.4.1856 | 1856? | floating pierhead 11.1873 | ||
| Terror | Palmer Brothers, Jarrow | 31.12.1855 | 28.4.1856 | 14.7.1857 // --- | completed as base ship |
Displacement normal, t |
1955bm |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
56.9 pp |
Breadth, m |
14.8 |
Draught, m |
2.72 aft |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, boilers |
Power, h. p. |
200nhp |
Max speed, kts |
5.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armour, mm | iron; side: 114 |
Armament |
16 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML |
Complement |
200 |
Project history: Iron-hulled. First iron-hulled ironclads ever built. Design was adapted from that of the modified French design for the wooden-hulled floating batteries.
Ship protection: 114mm iron plates protected the sides.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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