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MYRMIDON paddle gunvessel (1846)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Myrmidon     Ditchburn & Mare, Blackwall 1844 2.1845 16.3.1846 sold 12.1858

 

Displacement normal, t

370bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

46.0 pp

Breadth, m

6.86

Draught, m

4.17 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

150nhp

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 13cwt SBML carronades, 1 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 22cwt SBML

Complement

60

Project history: 2nd class iron-hulled gunvessel. Builder's design, approved in 1844.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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