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ARIADNE paddle sloops, RIM (1840)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ariadne     John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead // East India Co, Bombay   12.1839 1840 foundered 23.6.1842
Medusa     John Laird, Sons & Co, Biirkenhead // East India Co, Bombay   12.1839 1840 wrecked 9.12.1853

 

Displacement normal, t

432bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

42.4 pp

Breadth, m

7.92

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 SE

Power, h. p.

70nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

 

Complement

 

Project history: Iron-hulled paddle sloops. They were constructed in sections, shipped out to Bombay and assembled there.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Ariadne foundered off Chusan (China) 23.6.1842. Medusa wrecked on the coast of Bengal 9.12.1853.

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