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UNITED KINGDOM
AETNA ironclad floating battery (1856)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Chatham DYd | 25.11.1855 | 5.4.1856 | 1856? | harbour service 1866 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1588bm |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 56.7 pp |
| Breadth, m | 13.4 |
| Draught, m | 1.83 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 200nhp |
| Max speed, kts | 4 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armour, mm | iron; side: 114 |
| Armament | 16 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML |
| Complement | 200 |
Project history
Wooden-hulled. Lengthened version of previous class, with extra pair of guns.
Ship protection
114mm iron plates protected the sides.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
