| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Vulture | Pembroke DYd | 9.1841 | 21.9.1843 | 7.6.1845 | sold 10.1863 | ||
| Firebrand (ex-Beelzebub) | Portsmouth DYd | 12.1841 | 5.9.1842 | 22.10.1844 | sold 10.1864 | ||
| Gladiator | Woolwich DYd | 2.1842 | 15.10.1844 | 25.4.1846 | BU 3.1879 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1960 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
57.9 pp |
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Breadth, m |
11.4 |
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Draught, m |
7.01 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
2 side wheels |
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Machinery |
Vulture: sails + 4 flue boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action Firebrand, Gladiator: sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action |
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Power, h. p. |
Vulture: 470nhp Firebrand: 410nhp Gladiator: 430nhp 943ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 415 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML |
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Complement |
175 |
Project history: 1st rate steam vessels, later 2nd class frigates, 6 guns. Sir William Symonds design of 1841. Modified Cyclops class.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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