| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Orlando | Pembroke DYd | 11.1856 | 12.6.1858 | 13.11.1860 | sold 6.1871 | ||
| Mersey | Chatham DYd | 26.12.1856 | 13.8.1858 | 21.4.1859 | sold 1.1875 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Orlando: 5493 Mersey: 5385 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
91.4 pp |
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Breadth, m |
15.8 |
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Draught, m |
6.04 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Orlando: sails + rectangular boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk Mersey: sails + rectangular boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
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Power, h. p. |
Orlando: 3617ihp Mersey: 3691ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
Orlando: 13 Mersey: 12.6 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
28 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 12 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML |
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Complement |
600 |
Project history: Frigates, 40 guns. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1856. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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