| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Stromboli | Portsmouth DYd | 9.1838 | 27.8.1839 | 6.9.1840 | sold 8.1866 | ||
| Vesuvius | Sheerness DYd | 9.1838 | 11.7.1839 | 20.4.1840 | sold 6.1865 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1283 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
54.9 pp |
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Breadth, m |
10.5 |
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Draught, m |
4.11 |
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No of shafts |
2 side wheels |
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Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine |
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Power, h. p. |
280nhp |
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Max speed, kts |
9 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 64cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 175/8 42pdr 22cwt SBML carronades |
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Complement |
149 |
Project history: 2nd rate steam vessels, since 1844 1st class sloops. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1838.
Modernizations: 1856, both: - 1 x 1 - 254/11, 2 x 1 - 204/13, 2 x 1 - 175/8; + 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML
1862, Vesuvius: - 1 x 1 - 206/15; + 183/14 110pdr 82cwt BL
Naval service: No significant events.
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