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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

CRUISERS

NANKIN 4th rate sailing frigate (1850)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nankin     Woolwich DYd 6.1846 16.3.1850 12.7.1850 receiving ship 7.1867

 

Displacement normal, t

2003bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

56.4 gundeck

Breadth, m

15.5

Draught, m

5.23 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

10 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 22 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 18 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML

Complement

500

Project history: 50-gun 4th rate 32pdr frigates. Oliver W. Lang design of 1845. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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