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PHAETON 4th rate sailing frigate (1850)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Phaeton (ex-Arrogant)     Deptford DYd 1.9.1845 25.11.1848 18.2.1850 screw frigate 1859, BU 6.1875

 

Data variant sailing

Displacement normal, t

1921bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

56.4 gundeck

Breadth, m

15.0

Draught, m

4.84 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 frigate. White design approved in 1845. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: 1859: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table

by 1868: was armed with 4 x 1 - 178/18 7'' 6½ton shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 64cwt SBML

Data variant screw

Displacement normal, t

3099

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

67.1 gundeck

Breadth, m

15.1

Draught, m

6.40

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HSE

Power, h. p.

1566ihp

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 42 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML

Complement

525

Naval service: No significant events.

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