| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Cyclops | Pembroke DYd | 8.1838 | 10.7.1839 | 4.2.1840 | sold 1.1864 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1862 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
58.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
11.4 |
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Draught, m |
7.01 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
2 side wheels |
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Machinery |
sails + 4 flue boilers, 1 2-cyl VDA |
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Power, h. p. |
1100ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 420 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 254/11 98pdr 112cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML |
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Complement |
175 |
Project history: 1st rate steam vessel, later 2nd class frigate, 6 guns. Sir William Symonds design of 1838. It was first intended to arm her with 22 guns (2 98pdr, 4 48pdr and 16 32pdr) but later middle deck guns were deleted and 48pdr guns were replaced by 68pdr.
Modernizations: 1845: - 2 x 1 - 254/11 98pdr 112cwt, 4 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt; + 2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML
1856: - 4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt SBML; + 2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML
Naval service: No significant events.
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