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EURYDICE 6th rate sailing corvette (1843)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Eurydice     Portsmouth DYd 4.1842 16.5.1843 1.9.1843 harbour TS 6.1861

 

Displacement normal, t

911bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

43.0 gundeck

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

2.67 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

20 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML, 6 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML gunnades

Complement

190

Project history: 26-gun 6th rate corvette. Admiral George Elliot design, approved in 1841.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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