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FLYING FISH sailing brigs (1844-1845)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Flying Fish     Pembroke DYd 10.1843 3.4.1844 22.10.1844 BU 8.1852
Kingfisher     Pembroke DYd 4.1844 8.4.1845 25.10.1845 tender 1875

 

Displacement normal, t

445bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

31.4 gundeck

Breadth, m

9.86

Draught, m

4.47 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 39cwt SBML, 10 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

130

Project history: 12-gun 3rd class brigs. William Symonds design, approved in 1843.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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