| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Dauntless | Portsmouth DYd | 9.1845 | 5.1.1847 | 16.10.1850 | Coast Guard 8.1859 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2457 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
66.9 pp |
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Breadth, m |
12.1 |
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Draught, m |
5.18 |
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No of shafts |
1 hoisting |
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Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, geared |
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Power, h. p. |
1388ihp |
|
Max speed, kts |
10.3 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML |
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Complement |
Project history: 2nd class 24-gun frigate, since 1846 1st class. John Fincham design of 1844. Ordered in 1844 as a paddle vessel but later that year reordered as screw. Sister-ship Vigilant was cancelled before she was laid down. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: 1854: rerated 33-gun
Naval service: No significant events.
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