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DRAKE mortar vessels (1834/1854-1855)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Drake, 10.1855- MV.1     Portsmouth DYd 5.1833 25.3.1834 5.1834 // 11.1854 lighter 5.1856
Sinbad, 10.1855- MV.2     Pembroke DYd 11.1832 27.2.1834 30.6.1834 // 6.1855 lighter 10.1856


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

109bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

18.3 gundeck

Breadth, m

6.32

Draught, m

2.74 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t 
Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 330/3 SBML mortar

Complement 


Project history

Mortar vessels of 60ft type, converted from existing harbour tank vessels/lighters.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.