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PANDORA sailing brigs (1833-1847)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pandora     Woolwich DYd 8.1832 4.7.1833 10.8.1833 // --- completed as packet brig
Bonetta     Sheerness DYd 10.1834 5.4.1836 1.6.1836 // --- completed as packet brig
Dolphin     Sheerness DYd 10.1834 14.6.1836 28.9.1836 // --- completed as packet brig
Spy     Sheerness DYd 9.1838 24.3.1841 23.10.1841 sold 1.1862
Rapid     Portsmouth DYd 9.1839 3.6.1840 17.3.1841 sold 1.1856
Sealark     Portsmouth DYd 5.1840 27.7.1843 9.12.1843 TS 9.1853
Dart     Sheerness DYd 4.1846 17.3.1847 7.6.1847 tender 1850

 

Displacement normal, t

319bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

27.4 gundeck

Breadth, m

8.92

Draught, m

4.22 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Rapid, Sealark: 8 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr SBML carronades

others as packet brigs: 1 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades

Complement

60

Project history: 8-gun brigs. William Symonds design of 1832. Daring was reordered to new design.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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