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ACTAEON 6th rate sailing corvette (1831)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Actaeon     Portsmouth DYd 9.1828 31.1.1831 16.4.1831 survey ship 11.1856

 

Displacement normal, t

620bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

37.0 gundeck

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

2.92 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

20 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML gunnades, 4 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 81/16 9pdr SBML

Complement

175

Project history: 26-gun 6th rate corvette. Designed in 1827 by the School of Naval Architecture.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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