| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Termagant | Deptford DYd | 4.1845 | 25.9.1847 | 12.10.1854 | sold 3.1867 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2312 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
64.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
12.3 |
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Draught, m |
5.06 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 4-cyl HSE, geared |
|
Power, h. p. |
1351ihp |
|
Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
as designed: 6 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 206/16 8'' 112cwt shell SBML, 12 x 1 - 177/17 42pdr 84cwt SBML, 8 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML |
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Complement |
Project history: 2nd class 24-gun frigate, since 1846 1st class. White design of 1844. Sister-ship Euphrates (lengthened before cancellation to 65.7m pp, 2402t) was cancelled. Termagant was designed as 28-gun ship, but was completed with only 24. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: 1854: re-engined with 1 2-cyl HSE (1206ihp, 10.7kts)
1856: + 1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML
Naval service: No significant events.
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