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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

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FAVORITE sailing sloops (1829-1837)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Favorite     Portsmouth DYd 3.1825 21.4.1829 29.7.1829 coal depot 8.1859
Hyacinth     Plymouth DYd 3.1826 6.5.1829 12.1.1830 coal hulk 10.1860
Racehorse     Plymouth DYd 5.1829 24.5.1830 11.1830 coal depot 4.1861
Hazard     Portsmouth DYd 5.1829 21.4.1837 5.7.1837 BU 2.1866

 

Displacement normal, t

429bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

33.4 gundeck

Breadth, m

9.37

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 SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 107/16 9pdr SBML

Complement

125

Project history: 18-gun flush-decked sloops. Lengthened version of Rule's Snake class.

Modernizations: 1846, Favorite; 1848, Hyacinth, Racehorse, Hazard: - 4 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML

Naval service: No significant events.

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