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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

COMET paddle gunboat, RIM (1839)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Comet     John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead     1839 unknown

 

Displacement normal, t

205bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

 

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 SE

Power, h. p.

40nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

 

Complement

 

Project history: Iron-hulled paddle gunboat, built for India.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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