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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