Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Raleigh | Chatham DYd | 8.1842 | 8.5.1845 | 25.4.1846 | wrecked 14.4.1857 | ||
Severn | Chatham DYd | 13.8.1849 | 24.1.1856 | --- | reordered as screw frigate 3.1859 |
Displacement normal, t |
1944bm |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
54.9 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
15.2 |
Draught, m |
5.08 hold depth |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
28 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML |
Complement |
450 |
Project history: 50-gun 4th rate 32pdr frigate. John Fincham design, approved in 1842.
Modernizations: 1840s: - 8 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt; + 6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML
Naval service: Raleigh wrecked 14.4.1857 on a rock off Hong Kong and beached off Macao.
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