Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Diamond | Sheerness DYd | 7.1846 | 29.8.1848 | 16.10.1848 | TS 4.1866 | ||
Niobe | Devonport DYd | 5.1847 | 18.9.1849 | 5.10.1849 | to Prussia 7.1862 (Niobe) |
Displacement normal, t |
1051bm |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
42.7 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
12.8 |
Draught, m |
3.38 hold depth |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
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 |
2 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 56cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML, 6 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML gunnades |
Complement |
240 |
Project history: 28-gun 6th rate corvettes. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1845. Tribune was reordered as screw frigate before she was laid down.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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