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ASSAYE paddle frigates, RIM (1854)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Assaye     East India Co, Bombay 3.5.1852 15.3.1854 1854 sold 1863
Punjaub (ex-Plassey)     East India Co, Bombay 8.3.1852 21.11.1854 1854 sold 1863

 

Displacement normal, t

1800bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

76.2 pp

Breadth, m

12.0

Draught, m

7.62 hold depth

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 SE

Power, h. p.

Assaye: 650nhp

Punjaub: 700nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

10 guns

Complement

 

Project history: 10-gun paddle frigates, built by East India Company. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events..

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