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450:) 1839. The gundeck was 180 feet 0 inches (54.86 metres) with the keel length of 157 feet 0.75 inches (47.87 metres) reported for tonnage. The maximum beam was 34 feet 4 inches (10.46 metres) with 34 feet 0 inches (10.36 metres) reported for tonnage. The depth of hold was 21 feet 0 inches (6.40 metres). The light draught forward was 13 feet 0 inches (3.96 metres) and 13 feet 5 inches (4.09 metres) aft. The builder's measure was calculated at 965
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a Dundas 1853 68-pounder 84 cwt MLSB gun and the carronades were replaced with four 32-pounder 42 cwt MLSB guns on broadside trucks. In the 1860s the 68-pounder was replaced with an
Armstrong 7-inch rifled breechloader (RBL) gun. This weapon is also known as the 100/110-pounder gun depending on the weight of shell fired. They had a complement of approximately 149 men and grew to 160 men with the change in armament.
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All four ships were initially armed with two 10-inch 84 hundredweight (cwt) shell Millar's original guns on pivot mounts and two 68-pounder 64 cwt muzzle-loading smooth bore (MLSB) carronades and two 42-pounder (22 cwt) MLSB carronades on broadside trucks. In 1856 the 10-inch guns were replaced with
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Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e
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Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 to 1889, by David Lyon & Rif Winfield, published by Chatham Publishing, London © 2004,
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supplied the machinery for both vessels. They were equipped with two fire-tube rectangular boilers. The engines were 2-cylinder vertical single expansion (VSE)
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Both vessels were ordered 12 March 1838 and laid down in
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Warships in the Age of Sail (1817 – 1863), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2014, e
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rated at 280 nominal horsepower (NHP). This gave the ships a speed under power of about 9 knots (17 km/h). Pictures show
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A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £4,690,200 in today's money for
Stromboli.
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A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £4,492,900 in today's money for
Vesuvius.
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492:: Total Cost £41,240 (Hull - £19,248; Machinery - £13,280; Fitting - £8,712)
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Russian War. They served on various stations of the Empire.
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in 1866. Both were broken by White at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
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454:tons whereas the vessels displaced 1,283 tons.
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356:design but were altered to the new
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318:4 × 32-pdr (42 cwt) MLSB guns
315:1 × 68-pdr (84 cwt) MLSB guns
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324:1 × 110-pounder pivot gun
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426:, launched by Taylor of
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484:Initial cost of vessels
140:General characteristics
394:was sold in 1865 and
348:Surveyor of the Navy
661:Colledge, Stromboli
537:Portsmouth Dockyard
380:bombardment of Acre
150:Steam Vessels (SV2)
47:Portsmouth Dockyard
36:-class paddle sloop
670:Colledge, Vesuvius
561:Sheerness Dockyard
249:nominal horsepower
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919:Salamander
732:References
432:Saint-Malo
406:Royal Navy
372:Portsmouth
281:Complement
255:Propulsion
163:1,283 tons
72:Royal Navy
978:Stromboli
905:Messenger
819:Stromboli
805:Stromboli
622:Citations
532:Stromboli
516:Laid down
490:Stromboli
448:Stromboli
402:Stromboli
396:Stromboli
376:Sheerness
338:Stromboli
310:From 1856
273:3-masted
270:Sail plan
116:Completed
111:1840–1866
103:1838–1840
60:Operators
34:Stromboli
1032:Basilisk
1024:Antelope
826:Vesuvius
724:Winfield
706:Winfield
688:Winfield
643:Winfield
570:May 1840
556:Vesuvius
519:Launched
496:Vesuvius
470:Vesuvius
444:Vesuvius
424:fireship
416:Vesuvius
412:Vesuvius
392:Vesuvius
295:As built
289:Armament
41:Builders
1039:Buzzard
1017:Trident
1002:Bulldog
926:Phoenix
472:with a
358:draught
263:Paddles
221:Draught
179:⁄
132:Retired
994:Driver
986:Alecto
970:Merlin
955:Gorgon
947:Hermes
851:Alecto
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368:sloops
363:Gorgon
191:Length
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964:class
962:Hydra
949:class
940:Medea
853:class
844:class
842:Hydra
580:Notes
525:Fate
503:Ships
476:rig.
462:Govan
452:79/94
384:Black
353:Medea
340:class
321:1860s
100:Built
95:class
84:class
82:Hydra
760:ISBN
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510:Name
388:Azov
386:and
374:and
346:the
335:The
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206:Beam
145:Type
124:Lost
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