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BLOODHOUND paddle gunvessel (1845)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bloodhound     Robert Napier & Sons, Govan 1844 9.1.1845 26.9.1845 BU 1866

 

Displacement normal, t

378bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

44.5 pp

Breadth, m

7.01

Draught, m

4.11 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

150nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 13cwt SBML carronades, 1 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 22cwt SBML

Complement

60

Project history: 2nd class iron-hulled gunvessel. Napier design, approved in 1844.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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