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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Orlando			Pembroke DYd	11.1856	12.6.1858	13.11.1860	sold 6.1871
Mersey			Chatham DYd	26.12.1856	13.8.1858	21.4.1859	sold 1.1875

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Orlando: 5493 Mersey: 5385
Displacement full, t
Length, m	91.4 pp
Breadth, m	15.8
Draught, m	6.04 hold depth
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Orlando: sails + rectangular boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk Mersey: sails + rectangular boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Orlando: 3617ihp Mersey: 3691ihp
Max speed, kts	Orlando: 13 Mersey: 12.6
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	28 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 12 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML
Complement	600

Project history

Frigates, 40 guns. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1856. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.