Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Brisk | Woolwich DYd | 1.1849 | 2.6.1851 | 24.8.1853 | sold 1.1870 |
Displacement normal, t |
1474 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
59.0 pp |
Breadth, m |
10.7 |
Draught, m |
4.19 mean |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
Power, h. p. |
505ihp |
Max speed, kts |
7.4 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 206/14 68pdr 87cwt shell SBML, 12 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
Complement |
170 |
Project history: 14-gun wooden-hulled sloop, reclassed as corvette in 1862. Committee of Reference design of 1847, enlarged Rattler.
Modernizations: 1864: re-engined with 1 2-cel HSE (837ihp, 10kts)
Naval service: No significant events.
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