NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Liffey			Devonport DYd	12.7.1854	6.5.1856	11.1.1859	store hulk 1877
Shannon			Portsmouth DYd	1.1854	24.11.1855	29.12.1856	sold 5.1871
Topaze			Devonport DYd	4.1856	12.5.1858	23.7.1859	sold 2.1884
Bacchante			Portsmouth DYd	9.1856	31.7.1859	29.6.1860	BU 1869
Liverpool			Devonport DYd	14.11.1859	30.10.1860	11.12.1860	sold 6.1875

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3915
Displacement full, t
Length, m	71.7 pp 86.9 oa
Breadth, m	15.3
Draught, m	5.59 hold depth
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Liffey, Shannon: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk Topaze, Bacchante, Liverpool: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Liffey: 1905ihp Shannon: 2125ihp Topaze: 2538ihp Bacchante: 2490ihp Liverpool: 1935ihp
Max speed, kts	Liffey, Topaze: 11.1 Shannon: 11.5 Bacchante: 12.1 Liverpool: 10.8
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML
Complement	560

Project history

51-gun frigates. Surveyor's Department design. Bacchante, Liffey and Shannon were originally ordered as sailing frigates. Glasgow and Newcastle, originally ordered in 1855 to this design, were completed to modified design. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.