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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

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CONWAY 6th rate sailing corvettes (1831-1832)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Imogene     Pembroke DYd 11.1829 24.6.1831 1.10.1831 fire 27.9.1840
Conway     Chatham DYd 12.1829 2.2.1832 11.5.1832 TS 2.1859
Alarm     Deptford DYd 11.1826 --- --- transferred to Pembroke DYd
Alarm     Pembroke DYd 1.1832 --- --- cancelled 9.1832

 

Displacement normal, t

633bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

38.1 gundeck

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

2.90 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

20 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML carronades, 6 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 81/16 9pdr SBML

Complement

175

Project history: 28-gun 6th rate corvettes. Sir Robert Seppings design of 1828, increased by 0.3m in breadth from Tyne class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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