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DARIEN paddle frigates (1843-1846)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate | Modification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darien | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 26.8.1841 | 6.10.1842 | 12/1843 | mercantile New York 8.1847-4/1848, stricken 7.1869 | group 1 | ||
| Ulloa | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 12.5.1841 | 7.8.1842 | 7/1843 | mercantile Missouri 5.1847-4/1848, stricken 6.1865 | group 1 | ||
| Canada | Arsenal de Brest | 13.4.1841 | 15.3.1843 | 7/1843 | mercantile Union 5.1847-4/1848, stricken 11.1871 | group 1 | ||
| Christophe Colomb | Arsenal de Brest | 26.5.1841 | 15.3.1843 | 4/1843 | mercantile Philadelphie 5.1847-4/1848, stricken 6.1868 | group 1 | ||
| Magellan | Arsenal de Brest | 26.5.1841 | 15.5.1843 | 3/1846 | stricken 5.1879 | group 2 | ||
| Caraïbe | Arsenal de Lorient | 1.10.1840 | 2.12.1842 | 20.4.1844 | wrecked 11.1.1847 | group 2 | ||
| Cacique | Arsenal de Lorient | 2.12.1840 | 9.9.1843 | 10/1844 | sail transport 10.1865 | group 2 | ||
| Eldorado | Arsenal de Lorient | 10.5.1841 | 7.12.1843 | 1/1844 | stricken 11.1871 | group 2 | ||
| Groenland | Arsenal de Rochefort | 6/1841 | 13.5.1843 | 7/1844 | wrecked 26.8.1844 | group 3 | ||
| Montézuma | Arsenal de Rochefort | 26.6.1841 | 28.6.1843 | 7/1844 | wrecked 17.7.1863 | group 3 | ||
| Panama | Arsenal de Rochefort | 26.8.1841 | 21.11.1843 | 11/1844 | stricken 11.1871 | group 3 | ||
| Albatros | Arsenal de Rochefort | 3.12.1841 | 15.7.1844 | 3/1845 | stricken 5.1879 | group 3 | ||
| Labrador | Arsenal de Toulon | 1/1841 | 7.8.1842 | 4/1843 | stricken 11.1871 | group 3 | ||
| Orénoque | Arsenal de Toulon | 7/1841 | 19.8.1843 | 9/1843 | stricken 4.1878 | group 3 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 2591 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 69.6 - 70.7 pp |
| Breadth, m | 12.1 |
| Draught, m | 5.30 mean |
| No of shafts | side wheels |
| Machinery | sails + 1 2-cyl SE, side-lever, 4 flue boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 900 |
| Max speed, kts | 9.8 - 11.4 |
| Fuel, t | coal 655 max |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | group 1: 2 small guns group 2 Magellan: 4 x 1 - 223/11 shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML group 2 Caraïbe, Cacique: 4 x 1 - 223/11 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 4 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML group 2 Eldorado: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 6 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML group 3: 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML |
| Complement | 267 |
Project history
450nhp paddle frigates, laid down as packets for transatlantic lines.
Modernizations
1850, Darien: was armed with 4 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML
1854, Canada: was armed with 8 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1- 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 4 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML
1854, Darien: was armed with 4 x 1 - 223/13 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 4 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML
1854, Labrador: was armed with 4 x 1 - 223/13 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML
late 1850s, Panama, Magellan, Cacique: were armed with 6 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML
Naval service
Caraïbe wrecked 11.1.1847 at Indiago near St. Louis, Senegal. Groenland wrecked 26.8.1844 in fog near Larache, Morocco. Montézuma grounded 17.7.1863 at the mouth of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, abandoned and burned ten days later.
