Ariadne 1859
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ariadne | Deptford DYd | 1.8.1856 | 4.6.1859 | 16.12.1859 | TS 1880 | ||
| Galatea | Woolwich DYd | 2.2.1857 | 14.9.1859 | 2.1862 | BU 6.1883 | ||
| Acasta | Deptford DYd | 16.4.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Ariadne: 4583 Galatea: 4686 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
85.3 pp |
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Breadth, m |
15.2 |
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Draught, m |
5.89 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Ariadne, Acasta: sails + rectangular boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE Galatea: sails + rectangular boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk |
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Power, h. p. |
Ariadne: 3350ihp Galatea: 3061ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
Ariadne: 13.1 Galatea: 11.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
24 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML |
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Complement |
450 |
Project history: 26-gun frigates, originally corvettes. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1856. Sister-ship Hyperion was ordered in 1861 but cancelled in 1863. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: early 1860s, both: - 2 x 1 - 204/13; + 2 x 1 - 183/14 110pdr Armstrong BL
Naval service: No significant events.
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