| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Firebrand | Curling, Young & Co, Limehouse | 4.1831 | 11.7.1831 | 11.7.1831 | tender 4.1834 | ||
| Flamer | Fletcher & Fearnall, Limehouse | 4.1831 | 11.8.1831 | 27.10.1832 | wrecked 22.11.1850 |
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Displacement normal, t |
510 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
47.3 pp |
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Breadth, m |
8.05 |
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Draught, m |
2.97 |
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No of shafts |
side wheels |
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Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine |
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Power, h. p. |
Firebrand: 140nhp Flamer: 120nhp |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 107/20 9pdr 13.5cwt SBML |
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Complement |
80 |
Project history: Steam vessels, since 1837 3rd class steam vessels, since 1844 1st class gunvessels. Thomas Ditchburn design.
Modernizations: 1832, Firebrand: engine was removed
1833, Firebrand: was re-engined (120nhp)
1840s, Flamer: was armed with 1 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades
Naval service: Flamer wrecked 12nm E of Monrovia (Liberia) on the Coast of West Africa 22.11.1850.
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