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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Arachne			Devonport DYd	10.1845	30.3.1847	8.4.1847	BU 2.1866
Terpsichore			Money Wigram & Sons, Blackwall	1.1846	18.3.1847	1847	coal hulk 1863

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	601bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	35.1 gundeck
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	5.13 hold depth
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML, 16 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML
Complement	150

Project history

18-gun 6th rate corvettes. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1845. Narcissus was ordered but later reordered as 50-gun frigate.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.