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DRUID 5th rate sailing frigates (1825-1840)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Druid     Pembroke DYd 8.1821 1.7.1825 21.12.1825 lazarette 6.1846
Madagascar     East India Co., Bombay 10.1821 15.11.1822 1.1829 provision depot 9.1846
Nemesis     Pembroke DYd 8.1823 19.8.1826 9.1826 BU 7.1866
Leda     Pembroke DYd 10.1824 15.4.1828 5.1828 water police ship 3.1865
Hotspur     Pembroke DYd 7.1825 9.10.1828 4.1829 chapel ship 1859
Africaine     Chatham DYd 9.1825 20.12.1827 3.3.1828 sold 5.1867
Eurotas     Chatham DYd 2.1827 19.2.1829 20.3.1829 screw mortar frigate 7.1855, sold 11.1865

 

Data variant sailing

Displacement normal, t

1162bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

48.5 gundeck

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

3.89 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 38cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 81/20 9pdr 26cwt SBML

Complement

315

Project history: 46-gun 5th rate 18pdr frigates. Modification of Seringapatam class design with addition of circular stern.

Modernizations: 1830s, all: were rearmed with 2 x 1 - 204/12 68pdr shell SBML, 40 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML

1855, Eurotas: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table

Data variant screw

Displacement normal, t

1293

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

50.6 gundeck

Breadth, m

12.4

Draught, m

3.89 hold depth

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk

Power, h. p.

562ihp

Max speed, kts

7.6

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 86cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 85cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 177/16 42pdr 66cwt SBML

Complement

320

Naval service: No significant events.

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