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PHOENIX paddle sloop (1834)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Phoenix     Chatham DYd 5.1831 25.9.1832 7.1.1834 store ship 5.1853

 

Data variant paddle

Displacement normal, t

1024

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

53.2 pp

Breadth, m

9.70

Draught, m

3.81

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

220nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades

Complement

135

Project history: Steam vessel, since 1844 2nd class sloop. Robert Seppings design, approved in 1831.

Modernizations: 1845, Phoenix: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table.

Data variant screw

Displacement normal, t

1460

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

53.2 pp

Breadth, m

9.70

Draught, m

5.11 hold depth

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE, oscillating, geared

Power, h. p.

524ihp

Max speed, kts

7.7

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades

Complement

120

Naval service: No significant events.

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