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SALAMANDER paddle sloop (1833)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Salamander     Sheerness DYd 4.1831 14.5.1832 12.2.1833 transport 4.1872

 

Displacement normal, t

1014

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

53.5 pp

Breadth, m

9.80

Draught, m

3.97

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

506ihp

Max speed, kts

7.2

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

135

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

Modernizations: ~1840s: + 2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Naval service: No significant events.

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