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BUZZARD paddle sloop (1850)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Buzzard     Pembroke DYd 10.1847 24.3.1849 8.11.1850 BU 9.1883

 

Displacement normal, t

1530

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

56.4 pp

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

2.61

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE oscillating

Power, h. p.

300nhp 853ihp

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

100

Project history: 2nd class sloop. John Edye design, approved in 1847. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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