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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

NIMROD paddle gunboats, RIM (1839)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nimrod     John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead     1839 unknown
Nitrocris     John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead     1839 unknown
Assyria     John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead // Persian Gulf     1839 unknown

 

Displacement normal, t

153bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

31.4 pp

Breadth, m

5.49

Draught, m

2.01 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 SE

Power, h. p.

40nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML

Complement

 

Project history: Iron-hulled paddle gunboats, built for India. The last was sent in sections to the Persian Gulf for assembly and subsequent patrol duties there.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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