| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Magicienne | Pembroke DYd | 9.1847 | 7.3.1849 | 20.2.1853 | BU 9.1866 | ||
| Valorous | Pembroke DYd | 3.1849 | 30.4.1851 | 7.7.1853 | BU 2.1891 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2300 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
64.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
11.0 |
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Draught, m |
2.74 |
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No of shafts |
2 side wheels |
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Machinery |
sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl oscillating engine |
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Power, h. p. |
1300ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
9-10 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 10 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML |
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Complement |
200 |
Project history: 2nd class frigates, 16 guns, later 14. John Edye design, approved in 1847. Reordered from 1st class sloops in 1847. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: 1850s, both: - 2 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML
1862, both: - 1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML; + 2 x 1 - 183/12 110pdr 82cwt Armstrong BL
Naval service: No significant events.
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