| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Birkenhead (ex-Vulcan) | John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead | 9.1843 | 30.12.1845 | 17.1.1847 | troopship 1851 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1918 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
64.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
11.4 |
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Draught, m |
6.99 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
2 side wheels |
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Machinery |
sails + tubular boilers, 1 4-cyl HSE |
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Power, h. p. |
536nhp |
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Max speed, kts |
12-13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 64cwt SBML |
|
Complement |
250 |
Project history: 2nd class iron-hulled frigate. Laird's design, approved in 1843. Original brig rig was rapidly altered to barquentine. Approved in 1846 to be fitted as troopship as a result of official unease about iron as a material for fighting ships.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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