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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

CRUISERS

DIAMOND 6th rate sailing corvettes (1848-1849)

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

 

Length, m

42.7 gundeck

Breadth, m

12.8

Draught, m

3.38 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

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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