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TORCH paddle gunvessels (1846)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Torch     Ditchburn & Mare, Blackwall 1844 25.2.1845 28.5.1846 sold 5.1856
Harpy     Ditchburn & Mare, Blackwall 1844 4.3.1845 1.2.1846 target 10.1892

 

Displacement normal, t

505

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

42.9 pp

Breadth, m

6.86

Draught, m

4.11 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

Torch: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Harpy: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE

Power, h. p.

Torch: 150nhp

Harpy: 200nhp 520ihp

Max speed, kts

Harpy: 9

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 gunvessels. Symonds design, approved in 1844.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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