NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Stromboli			Portsmouth DYd	9.1838	27.8.1839	6.9.1840	sold 8.1866
Vesuvius			Sheerness DYd	9.1838	11.7.1839	20.4.1840	sold 6.1865

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1283
Displacement full, t
Length, m	54.9 pp
Breadth, m	10.5
Draught, m	4.11
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine
Power, h. p.	280nhp
Max speed, kts	9
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 64cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 175/8 42pdr 22cwt SBML carronades
Complement	149

Project history

2nd rate steam vessels, since 1844 1st class sloops. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1838.

Modernizations

1856, both: - 1 x 1 - 254/11, 2 x 1 - 204/13, 2 x 1 - 175/8; + 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML

1862, Vesuvius: - 1 x 1 - 206/15; + 183/14 110pdr 82cwt BL

Naval service

No significant events.