NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pique			Devonport DYd	7.1833	21.7.1834	2.2.1835	receiving ship 11.1862
Flora			Devonport DYd	12.1834	11.9.1844	27.9.1844	storeship 1.1866
Active			Chatham DYd	8.1836	19.7.1845	18.8.1845	RNR TS 5.1863
Sybille			Pembroke DYd	12.1835	15.4.1847	4.6.1847	BU 4.1866
Cambrian			Pembroke DYd	8.1837	5.7.1841	8.11.1841	mooring hulk 5.1869

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1622bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	48.8 gundeck
Breadth, m	14.8
Draught, m	4.42 hold depth
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	22 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 14 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML
Complement	275

Project history

36-gun 5th rate 32pdr frigates. William Symonds design of 1832. Constance and Chesapeake were ordered but never begun.

Modernizations

by 1839, all: were armed with 4 x 1 - 204/10 68pdr 50cwt shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 14 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 41cwt SBML

1846-1848, all: were armed with 6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 60cwt shell SBML, 22 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 16 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML

Naval service

No significant events.