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PLUTO paddle gunvessel (1831)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pluto     Woolwich DYd 2.1831 28.4.1831 9.9.1831 BU 3.1861


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

386

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

41.2 pp

Breadth, m

7.39

Draught, m

1.98

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.100nhp
Max speed, kts7.5
Fuel, tcoal
Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 22cwt SBML

Complement80


Project history

Steam vessel, since 1837 4th class steam vessel, since 1844 1st class gunvessel. Oliver Lang design, approved in 1831. Shallow-draught vessel intended to combat piracy in the Caribbean.

Modernizations

1840s: - 1 x 1 - 139/19; + 1 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML

Naval service

No significant events.