| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Minx | Miller, Ravenhill & Co, Blackwall | 5.9.1845 | 5.9.1846 | 4.6.1854 | water tanker 1859 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
250 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
39.6 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
6.71 |
|
Draught, m |
2.79 hold depth |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, oscillating |
|
Power, h. p. |
36ihp |
|
Max speed, kts |
5.4 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 86cwt SBML |
|
Complement |
60 |
Project history: Iron-hulled 2nd class gunvessel, Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1845. Half-sister to wooden Teazer. In 1846 Minx received 234ihp 2-cyl VSE, oscillating, giving her 9.1kts speed but in 1849, before the completion, it was replaced by much weaker HSE.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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