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NEMESIS paddle sloop, RIM (1839)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nemesis     John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead   23.11.1839 1839 for sale 1852

 

Displacement normal, t

660bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

56.1 pp

Breadth, m

8.84

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE

Power, h. p.

120nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr SBML, 4 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr SBML

Complement

60 - 90

Project history: Iron-hulled paddle sloop.

Modernizations: 1840s: + 1 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr SBML

Naval service: No significant events.

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