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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

CRUISERS

AUCKLAND paddle frigate, RIM (1840)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Auckland     East India Co., Bombay   9.1.1840 1840 floating battery 1863, sold 1874

 

Displacement normal, t

946bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

 

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 SE

Power, h. p.

220nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

6 x 1 - 204/13 8'' SBML

Complement

 

Project history: 6-gun paddle frigate, built by East India Company.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events..

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