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MODESTE sailing sloop (1838)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Modeste     Woolwich DYd 5.1837 31.10.1837 10.3.1838 sold 3.1866

 

Displacement normal, t

562bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

36.6 gundeck

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

4.32 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 26cwt SBML, 16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades

Complement

120

Project history: 18-gun 6th rate open battery corvette. Designed by Admiral George Elliot in 1837.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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