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TARTARUS paddle gunvessels (1834-1835)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tartarus     Pembroke DYd 9.1833 23.6.1834 3.10.1834 BU 11.1860
Blazer     Chatham DYd 11.1833 5.1834 12.2.1835 BU 8.1853


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

560

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

44.2 pp

Breadth, m

8.64

Draught, m

3.20

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

Tartarus: 100nhp

Blazer: 120nhp

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 107/20 9pdr 13.5cwt SBML

Complement

80



Project history

Steam vessels, since 1837 4th class steam vessels, since 1844 1st class gunvessels. Oliver Lang design of 1833.

Modernizations

1838, Tartarus: was re-engined (136nhp)

1840s, both: were armed with 1 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades

Naval service

No significant events.