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GRAPPLER paddle gunvessel (1846)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Grappler     William Fairbairn & Co, Millwall 1844 30.12.1845 26.11.1846 sold 2.1850


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

557bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

50.3 pp

Breadth, m

8.08

Draught, m

5.05 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 4-cyl side lever engine, 'Siamese' type

Power, h. p.

220nhp

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 26cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades

Complement

80



Project history

1st class iron-hulled gunvessel. Builder's design. Hull was very fastly corroded and service time was short.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.