Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Tiger | Chatham DYd | 11.1847 | 1.12.1849 | 21.8.1852 | wrecked 12.5.1854 |
Displacement normal, t |
1222bm |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
62.5 pp |
Breadth, m |
11.0 |
Draught, m |
7.47 hold depth |
No of shafts |
2 side wheels |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE oscillating |
Power, h. p. |
1300 |
Max speed, kts |
9 - 10 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 14 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML |
Complement |
175 |
Project history: 16-gun 2nd class paddle frigate, John Edye design, approved in 1847. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Tiger grounded off Odessa 12.5.1854 and set on fire by Russian coastal artillery, then blew up after gunfire of British ships.
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