Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Conflict | Pembroke DYd | 7.1845 | 5.8.1846 | 20.11.1849 | sold 1863 | ||
Desperate | Pembroke DYd | 10.1845 | 23.5.1849 | 9.5.1853 | BU 8.1865 | ||
Enchantress | Pembroke DYd | 1846 | --- | --- | cancelled 4.1851 | ||
Falcon | Pembroke DYd | 1846 | --- | --- | cancelled 4.1851 |
Displacement normal, t |
1628 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
58.7 pp |
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
Draught, m |
4.80 mean |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
Conflict: sails + boilers, 1 4-cyl SE Desperate: sails + boilers, 1 4-cyl SE, geared |
Power, h. p. |
Conflict: 772ihp Desperate: 699ihp |
Max speed, kts |
9.4 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 85cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML |
Complement |
145 |
Project history: 1st class 8-gun wooden-hulled sloops. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1845. Both were lengthened by 2.3m before completion.
Modernizations: 1857, both: - 2 x 1 - 194/16, 2 x 1 - 160/11; + 1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML
Naval service: No significant events.
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