| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Malacca | Moulmein, Burma // Chatham DYd | 29.5.1849 | 9.4.1853 | 17.8.1854 | sold 6.1869 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1034bm |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
58.5 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
|
Draught, m |
5.74 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl ISE (inclined), trunk |
|
Power, h. p. |
692ihp |
|
Max speed, kts |
9.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
|
Armament |
(1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 160/13 32pdr 32cwt SBML) or (1 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 160/13 32pdr 32cwt SBML) |
|
Complement |
180 |
Project history: 17-gun wooden-hulled sloop, reclassed as corvette in 1862. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1848.
Modernizations: 1862: re-engined with 1 2-cyl HSE, 707ihp, 9.5kts
Naval service: Malacca was sold mercantile in 1869 and later that year resold to Japanese Navy as Tsukuba.
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