| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Sampson | Woolwich DYd | 11.1843 | 1.10.1844 | 5.2.1846 | sold 7.1864 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1297bm |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
62.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
11.4 |
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Draught, m |
7.01 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
2 side wheels |
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Machinery |
sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action |
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Power, h. p. |
467nhp |
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Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 13cwt SBML carronades |
|
Complement |
175 |
Project history: 1st rate steam vessel, later 2nd class frigate, 6 guns. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1843. Lengthened Cyclops design with much less rise of floor. Barque-rigged, 2 funnels.
Modernizations: ~1850: was rearmed with 2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 206/16 8'' 112cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 13cwt carronades
Naval service: No significant events.
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