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MALACCA screw sloop (1854)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malacca | Moulmein, Burma // Chatham DYd | 29.5.1849 | 9.4.1853 | 17.8.1854 | sold 6.1869 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1034bm |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 58.5 pp |
| Breadth, m | 10.5 |
| Draught, m | 5.74 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl ISE (inclined), trunk |
| Power, h. p. | 692ihp |
| Max speed, kts | 9.2 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | (1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 160/13 32pdr 32cwt SBML) or (1 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 160/13 32pdr 32cwt SBML) |
| Complement | 180 |
Project history
17-gun wooden-hulled sloop, reclassed as corvette in 1862. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1848.
Modernizations
1862: re-engined with 1 2-cyl HSE, 707ihp, 9.5kts
Naval service
Malacca was sold mercantile in 1869 and later that year resold to Japanese Navy as Tsukuba.
