| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Leander | Portsmouth DYd | 2.1845 | 8.3.1848 | 17.11.1849 | screw frigate 2.1861, sold 1867 | ||
| Shannon | Portsmouth DYd | 8.1849 | --- | --- | reordered as screw 4.1851 |
| Data variant | sailing |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1969bm |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
55.3 gundeck |
|
Breadth, m |
15.3 |
|
Draught, m |
4.77 hold depth |
|
No of shafts |
|
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Machinery |
sails |
|
Power, h. p. |
|
|
Max speed, kts |
|
|
Fuel, t |
|
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
10 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 22 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 18 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML |
|
Complement |
500 |
Project history: 50-gun 4th rate 32pdr frigates. Richard Blake design of 1843.
Modernizations: 1861, Leander was converted to screw frifate with data as given in the table
| Data variant | screw |
|
Displacement normal, t |
3539 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
73.5 gundeck |
|
Breadth, m |
15.5 |
|
Draught, m |
7.11 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE |
|
Power, h. p. |
1568ihp |
|
Max speed, kts |
9.7 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML |
|
Complement |
525 |
Naval service: No significant events.
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