Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Lizard | Woolwich DYd | 7.1839 | 7.1.1840 | 22.5.1840 | collision 24.7.1843 | ||
Locust | Woolwich DYd | 7.1839 | 18.4.1840 | 30.11.1840 | tug 2.1863 |
Displacement normal, t |
283bm |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
36.6 pp |
Breadth, m |
6.91 |
Draught, m |
3.96 hold depth |
No of shafts |
side wheels |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine |
Power, h. p. |
100nhp Locust: 100nhp 157ihp |
Max speed, kts |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 22cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 138/13 18pdr 15cwt SBML |
Complement |
60 |
Project history: 5th class steam vessels, since 1844 2nd class gunvessels. Symonds design, approved in 1839.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Lizard was lost in collision with French armed paddle sloop Véloce between Gibraltar and Cadiz 24.7.1843.
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