Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Terrible | Deptford DYd | 11.1843 | 6.2.1845 | 25.3.1846 | sold 7.1879 |
Displacement normal, t |
3189 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
68.9 pp |
Breadth, m |
13.0 |
Draught, m |
3.45 |
No of shafts |
2 side wheels |
Machinery |
sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 4-cyl VSE direct action 'Siamese' type |
Power, h. p. |
800nhp 2059ihp |
Max speed, kts |
10.9 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
8 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 194/17 56pdr 98cwt SBML, 3 x 1 - 114/15 12pdr 6cwt SBML |
Complement |
300 |
Project history: 1st rate steam vessel, later 1st class frigate, 19 guns. Oliver Lang design, approved in 1842. The first RN ship with four funnels and the largest paddle warship ever built for RN.
Modernizations: 1847: - 3 x 1 - 114/15 12pdr 6cwt
Naval service: No significant events.
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