Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Pluto | Woolwich DYd | 2.1831 | 28.4.1831 | 9.9.1831 | BU 3.1861 |
Displacement normal, t |
386 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
41.2 pp |
Breadth, m |
7.39 |
Draught, m |
1.98 |
No of shafts |
side wheels |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine |
Power, h. p. |
100nhp |
Max speed, kts |
7.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 22cwt SBML |
Complement |
80 |
Project history: Steam vessel, since 1837 4th class steam vessel, since 1844 1st class gunvessel. Oliver Lang design, approved in 1831. Shallow-draught vessel intended to combat piracy in the Caribbean.
Modernizations: 1840s: - 1 x 1 - 139/19; + 1 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML
Naval service: No significant events.
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