| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Recruit (ex-Salamander) | J Scott Russell & Robinson, Millwall | 1850 | 1.7.1851 // 12.1.1855 | sold 9.1869 | |||
| Weser (ex-Nix) | J Scott Russell & Robinson, Millwall | 1850 | 29.7.1851 // 12.1.1855 | harbour service 1866 |
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Displacement normal, t |
591bm |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
55.2 pp |
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Breadth, m |
7.96 |
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Draught, m |
3.35 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
side wheels |
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Machinery |
sails + 4 boilers, 1 2-cyl oscillating DA |
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Power, h. p. |
160nhp 754ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
11.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
2500(10) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML |
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Complement |
74-80 |
Project history: 1st class iron-hulled gunvessels. Builder's design. Ordered in 1849 by Prussia and commissioned by them in 1851, these double-ended gunboats (with rudders both fwd and aft) were handed over to the RN in the outbreak of the Crimean War. Both were renamed 22.12.1854 and handed over to the RN 12.1.1855 in exchange for sailing frigate Thetis.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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