NAVYPEDIA
Support the project with paypal
HOME
FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
CRUISERS
MIRANDA screw sloop (1854)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miranda | Sheerness DYd | 9.1848 | 18.3.1851 | 9.3.1854 | sold 12.1869 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1523 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 59.8 pp |
| Breadth, m | 10.4 |
| Draught, m | 4.11 mean |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, geared |
| Power, h. p. | 613ihp |
| Max speed, kts | 10.8 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
| Armament | 14 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
| Complement | 170 |
Project history
14-gun wooden-hulled sloop, reclassed as corvette in 1862. Lord John Hay design (Improved Rattler), approved in 1847.
Modernizations
1856: + 1 x 1 - 206/14 68pdr 87cwt shell SBML
Naval service
No significant events.
