Orpheus 1861
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Jason | Devonport DYd | 3.6.1858 | 10.11.1859 | 8.4.1861 | BU 9.1877 | ||
Barrosa | Woolwich DYd | 2.8.1858 | 10.3.1860 | 15.2.1861 | BU 1.1877 | ||
Orpheus | Chatham DYd | 12.5.1858 | 23.6.1860 | 24.10.1861 | wrecked 7.2.1863 | ||
Orestes | Sheerness DYd | 26.8.1858 | 18.8.1860 | 2.9.1861 | BU 11.1866 | ||
Rattlesnake | Chatham DYd | 9.3.1859 | 9.7.1861 | 8.1862 | BU 3.1882 | ||
Wolverene | Woolwich DYd | 10.4.1859 | 29.8.1863 | 4.1864 | TS 1881 |
Displacement normal, t |
2431 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
68.6 pp |
Breadth, m |
12.4 |
Draught, m |
5.00 - 6.20 |
No of shafts |
1 hoisting |
Machinery |
Jason, Barrosa, Orpheus, Orestes, Rattlesnake: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE Wolverene: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, return connecting-rods |
Power, h. p. |
Jason: 1516ihp Barrosa: 1616ihp Orpheus: 1333ihp Orestes: 1522ihp Rattlesnake: 1628ihp Wolverene: 1329ihp |
Max speed, kts |
Jason: 12 Barrosa: 11.5 Orpheus: 11.2 Orestes: 12.3 Rattlesnake: 11.7 Wolverene: 11.3 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
20 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 183/14 110pdr 82cwt BL |
Complement |
240 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled 21-gun open battery corvettes. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1858. Referred to as 'troop frigates', all were ship-rigged, with telescoping funnels. Galatea was also ordered to this design but was reordered in 1856 as wooden screw frigate.
Modernizations: 1864, all: - 1 x 1 - 183/14
1876, Wolverene: was re-engined with 1 2-cyl HSE (2568t, 1493ihp, 11.3kts)
Naval service: No significant events.
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