| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Dido | Pembroke DYd | 9.1834 | 13.6.1836 | 26.1.1837 | coal hulk 1860 | ||
| Daphne | Pembroke DYd | 12.1835 | 6.8.1838 | 2.2.1839 | sold 10.1864 | ||
| Calypso | Chatham DYd | 12.1837 | 8.5.1845 | 19.2.1846 | BU 1.1866 |
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Displacement normal, t |
731bm |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
36.6 gundeck |
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Breadth, m |
11.4 |
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Draught, m |
5.49 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 |
Dido, Daphne: 18 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML Calypso: 20 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML |
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Complement |
145 |
Project history: 18-gun 6th rate open battery corvettes. William Symonds design of 1834. Second pair (Calypso and Coquette) had covered battery. Coquette was ordered but never started.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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