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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

FIREFLY paddle gunvessels (1833-1834)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Firefly     Woolwich DYd 5.1832 29.9.1832 31.1.1833 survey ship 1858
Spitfire     Woolwich DYd 12.1832 26.3.1834 23.7.1834 wrecked 10.9.1842

 

Displacement normal, t

550bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

47.2 pp

Breadth, m

8.38

Draught, m

5.05 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

Firefly: 220nhp

Spitfire: 140nhp 380ihp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Firefly: 1 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades

Spitfire: 1 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

80

Project history: Steam vessels, since 1837 3rd class steam vessels, since 1844 1st class gunvessels. Oliver Lang design, approved in 1832.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Spitfire wrecked 10.9.1842 transporting troops on Half Moon Cay lighthouse reef, Belize.

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