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BANN paddle despatch vessels/gunboats (1856-1857)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bann     J Scott Russell, Millwall 2.1.1856 5.7.1856 9.1856 sold 2.1873
Brune     J Scott Russell, Millwall 2.1.1856 30.8.1856 7.5.1857 sold 5.1863

 

Displacement normal, t

291

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

42.7 pp

Breadth, m

6.15

Draught, m

1.21

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 2 boilers, 1 2-cyl oscillating DA

Power, h. p.

Bann: 80nhp 341ihp

Brune: 80nhp 364ihp

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

 

Project history: Iron-hulled paddle despatch vessels/gunboats. Builder's design of 1855. Diminutive versions of ex-Prussian iron paddle gunboats acquired in 1855.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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