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ALGERINE screw gunboats (1857)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaseur | R & H Green, Blackwall | 2.9.1856 | 7.3.1857 | 5.9.1857 | wrecked 26.2.1859 | ||
| Jasper | R & H Green, Blackwall | 26.9.1856 | 18.3.1857 | 5.9.1857 | to China 8.1862 (Amoy) | ||
| Algerine | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 1.10.1856 | 24.2.1857 | 9.4.1857 | sold 4.1872 | ||
| Lee | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 1.10.1856 | 28.2.1857 | 13.4.1857 | sunk 25.6.1859 | ||
| Leven | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 1.10.1856 | 7.3.1857 | 24.4.1857 | sold 7.1873 | ||
| Slaney | W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 1.10.1856 | 17.3.1857 | 27.4.1857 | wrecked 9.5.1870 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 370 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t |
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| Length, m | 38.1 pp |
| Breadth, m | 7.01 |
| Draught, m | 2.82 hull depth |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 1-cyl HSE direct-acting |
| Power, h. p. | 294 |
| Max speed, kts | 9 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 206/14 68pdr 87cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 148/8 24pdr SBML howitzers |
| Complement | 50 |
Project history
Wooden-hulled, design of 1856. Enlarged Albacore class. Reclassed as gunvessels in June 1859.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Jaseur wrecked on the Paxo Nuevo Shoal 26.2.1859, en route from Port Royal to Greytown. Lee sunk in action with the Taku forts, Peiho River, China 25.6.1859. Slaney wrecked in a typhoon in the Paracel Islands near Hong Kong 9.5.1870.
