| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Constance | Pembroke DYd | 10.1843 | 12.3.1846 | 28.6.1846 | screw frigate 1862, sold 1.1875 | ||
| Arethusa | Pembroke DYd | 30.3.1846 | 20.6.1849 | 20.3.1850 | screw frigate 1861, TS 1874 | ||
| Octavia | Pembroke DYd | 9.1846 | 18.8.1849 | 17.10.1849 | screw frigate 1861, BU 2.1876 | ||
| Sutlej | Pembroke DYd | 8.1847 | 17.4.1855 | --- | completed as screw frigate 1862 |
| Data variant | sailing |
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Displacement normal, t |
2126bm |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
54.9 gundeck |
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Breadth, m |
16.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.95 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
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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 |
28 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML |
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Complement |
450 |
Project history: 50-gun 4th rate 32pdr frigates. Sir William Symonds design of 1843. One more ship, Liffey, was ordered but reordered in 1851 before the kiel was laid down.
Modernizations: 1850s, all: - 10 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt; + 10 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML
1861, Octavia, Arethusa; 1862, Constance: were converted to screw frigates with data as given in the table
by 1868, all: were armed with 4 x 1 - 178/18 7'' 6½ton shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 64cwt SBML
| Data variant | screw |
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Displacement normal, t |
3832 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
77.0 - 77.4 gundeck |
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Breadth, m |
16.1 |
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Draught, m |
7.26 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Octavia: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE Constance: sails + 1 6-cyl HC Arethusa: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, trunked |
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Power, h. p. |
Octavia: 2415ihp Arethusa: 3165ihp Constance: 2301ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
Octavia: 11.5 Arethusa: 11.7 Constance: 10.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 42 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML |
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Complement |
320 |
Naval service: No significant events.
Constance 1860s
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