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SPITFIRE paddle gunvessel (1845)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Spitfire     Deptford DYd 6.1844 26.3.1845 30.6.1845 survey ship 1851


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

432bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

44.9 pp

Breadth, m

7.65

Draught, m

1.85

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

140nhp

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

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

Complement

80



Project history

5th class steam vessel, since 1844 1st class gunvessel. 'Admiralty' design, approved in 1843.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.