| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Liffey | Devonport DYd | 12.7.1854 | 6.5.1856 | 11.1.1859 | store hulk 1877 | ||
| Shannon | Portsmouth DYd | 1.1854 | 24.11.1855 | 29.12.1856 | sold 5.1871 | ||
| Topaze | Devonport DYd | 4.1856 | 12.5.1858 | 23.7.1859 | sold 2.1884 | ||
| Bacchante | Portsmouth DYd | 9.1856 | 31.7.1859 | 29.6.1860 | BU 1869 | ||
| Liverpool | Devonport DYd | 14.11.1859 | 30.10.1860 | 11.12.1860 | sold 6.1875 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3915 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
71.7 pp 86.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
15.3 |
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Draught, m |
5.59 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Liffey, Shannon: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk Topaze, Bacchante, Liverpool: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
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Power, h. p. |
Liffey: 1905ihp Shannon: 2125ihp Topaze: 2538ihp Bacchante: 2490ihp Liverpool: 1935ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
Liffey, Topaze: 11.1 Shannon: 11.5 Bacchante: 12.1 Liverpool: 10.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML |
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Complement |
560 |
Project history: 51-gun frigates. Surveyor's Department design. Bacchante, Liffey and Shannon were originally ordered as sailing frigates. Glasgow and Newcastle, originally ordered in 1855 to this design, were completed to modified design. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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