Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Vernon | Woolwich DYd | 10.1831 | 1.5.1832 | 29.7.1832 | hulk 3.1863 |
Displacement normal, t |
2388 |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
53.6 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
16.1 |
Draught, m |
5.21 hold depth |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
28 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML |
Complement |
450 |
Project history: 50-gun 4th rate 32pdr frigate. William Symonds design of 1831, based on lines of 80-gun Gibraltar. Sister-ship Indefatigable was ordered in 1832 but later reordered as a 70-gun ship.
Modernizations: 1840s: - 6 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt; + 6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML
Naval service: No significant events.
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