Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Newcastle | Deptford DYd | 6.12.1858 | 16.10.1860 | 21.9.1874 | powder hulk 1889 | ||
Glasgow | Portsmouth DYd | 12.9.1859 | 28.3.1861 | 24.5.1871 | sold 12.1884 | ||
Tweed | Pembroke DYd | 3.7.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1864 | ||
Bristol | Woolwich DYd | 16.9.1859 | 12.2.1861 | 10.1865 | sold 7.1883 | ||
Undaunted | Chatham DYd | 28.5.1859 | 1.1.1861 | 16.7.1861 | sold 11.1882 | ||
Dryad | Portsmouth DYd | 2.1.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1864 | ||
Belvidera | Chatham DYd | 30.4.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1864 | ||
Pomone | Chatham DYd | 10.9.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 |
Displacement normal, t |
4020 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
76.2 pp |
Breadth, m |
16.0 |
Draught, m |
5.84 hull depth |
No of shafts |
1 (hoisting) |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
Power, h. p. |
Newcastle: 2354 Glasgow: 2020 Bristol: 2088 Undaunted: 2261 |
Max speed, kts |
Newcastle: 12.4 Glasgow: 11.5 Bristol: 11.3 Undaunted: 11.8 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML |
Complement |
550 |
Project history: 51-gun frigates, design approved in 1858. Wooden hull. Raleigh, Briton, Barham, Boadicea and Dextrous were cancelled before they were laid down. Tweed was proposed to be fitted as an ironclad before her final cancellation.
Modernizations: 1870s, all: had 28 guns
Naval service: No significant events.
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