|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Rodney | 57 | Pembroke DYd | 7.1827 | 18.6.1833 | 7.12.1835 | screw ship 1.1860, BU 2.1882 | |
| Nile | Plymouth DYd | 10.1827 | 28.6.1839 | 12.8.1839 | screw ship 4.1854, TS 7.1876 | ||
| London | Chatham DYd | 10.1827 | 28.9.1840 | 25.2.1841 | screw ship 5.1858, harbour service 4.1874 |
| Data variant | sailing |
Displacement normal, t |
2598bm |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
62.6 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
16.6 |
Draught, m |
7.01 hold depth |
No of shafts |
|
Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
|
Max speed, kts |
|
Fuel, t |
|
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 204/10 68pdr 50cwt shell SBML, 32 x 1 - 163/19 32pdr 63cwt, 32 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 55cwt SBML, 24 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
Complement |
820 |
Project history: 92-gun 2nd rate two-deckers (originally planned as 100 guns). Sir Robert Seppings design of 1826.
Modernizations: 1840s, all: were armed with 10 x 1 - 204/10 68pdr 50cwt shell SBML, 56 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 26 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML
1854, Nile; 1858, London; 1860, Rodney: were converted to screw ships with data as given in the table
| Data variant | screw |
Displacement normal, t |
4375 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
Nile: 62.6 pp Rodney: 65.3 pp London: 65.0 pp |
Breadth, m |
Nile: 16.6 Rodney, London: 16.5 |
Draught, m |
Nile: 7.06 hold depth London: 6.88 hold depth Rodney: 7.01 hold depth |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE |
Power, h. p. |
Rodney: 2246ihp Nile: 928ihp London: 1804ihp |
Max speed, kts |
Rodney, London: 11.5 Nile: 6.9 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML, 24 x 1 - 204/15 68pdr 65cwt Shell SBML , 42 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 24 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
Complement |
850 |
Naval service: No significant events.
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