|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Sans Pareil |
Devonport DYd | 1.9.1845 | 18.3.1851 | 12.11.1852 | sold 3.1867 |
Displacement normal, t |
3800 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
61.0 pp |
Breadth, m |
15.9 |
Draught, m |
7.82 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 4-cyl oscillating HSE |
Power, h. p. |
622ihp |
Max speed, kts |
7.1 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
6 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML, 32 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 24 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML, 8 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML |
Complement |
626 |
Project history: Conversion of 80-gun 2nd rate, suspended incomplete on stocks, to 70-gun screw ship. Design was approved in 1849. Ship was lengthened during conversion by 2.1m at the stern, Initially was fitted with engine intended for screw frigate Horatio, the excess weight necessitated reduction of guns number from 80 to 70. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: 1855: re-engined with 1 2-cyl HSE (1471ihp, 9.3kts)
1866: reduced to 66-gun
Naval service: No significant events.
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