DIAMOND 6th rate sailing corvettes (1848-1849)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Diamond			Sheerness DYd	7.1846	29.8.1848	16.10.1848	TS 4.1866
Niobe			Devonport DYd	5.1847	18.9.1849	5.10.1849	to Prussia 7.1862 (Niobe)

Displacement normal, t	1051bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	42.7 gundeck
Breadth, m	12.8
Draught, m	3.38 hold depth
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 56cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML, 6 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML gunnades
Complement	240

28-gun 6th rate corvettes. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1845. Tribune was reordered as screw frigate before she was laid down.

None.

No significant events.