Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Comet, 10.1832- Comus | Pembroke DYd | 10.1826 | 14.8.1828 | 28.2.1829 | BU 5.1862 | ||
Lightning, 9.1832- Larne | Pembroke DYd | 7.1828 | 2.6.1829 | 16.9.1829 | BU 3.1866 | ||
Electra | Portsmouth DYd | 2.1830 | 28.9.1837 | 17.2.1838 | sold 2.1862 |
Displacement normal, t |
459bm |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
34.5 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
9.40 |
Draught, m |
2.44 hold depth |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr SBML |
Complement |
125 |
Project history: 18-gun flush-decked sloops. Longer 1823 design by Professor Inman. Electra was originally ordered as one of the Fly class.
Modernizations: 1840s, Comus: - 2 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr SBML; + 2 x 1 - 107/16 9pdr SBML
1840s, Electra: - 2 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr SBML; + 2 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML
1846, Electra, 1848, Comus, Larne: - 4 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML
Naval service: No significant events.
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