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Hartford

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No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
	Hartford		Boston N Yd	1/1858	22.11.1858	27.5.1859	TS 10.1899, station ship 10.1912

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2550
Displacement full, t
Length, m	68.6 pp
Breadth, m	13.4
Draught, m	7.09 (hold depth)
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 2-cyl HDA, 2 water-tube boilers
Power, h. p.	696ihp
Max speed, kts	9.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	20 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB
Complement	310

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Project history

Most famous USN large sloop, Flagship of Admiral Farragut. Sail area was up to 3440 m2 with additional sails.

Modernizations

by 1862: + 1 x 1 - 107/24 30pdr Parrott rifled, 2 x 1 - 93/22 20pdr Parrott rifled

1863: - 2 x 1 - 229/15; + 2 x 1 - 163/22 100pdr Parrott rifled

by 1882, was armed with 16 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB, 1 x 1 - 203/15 converted rifled Dahlgren SB; VCE engine was installed.

1880s-1890s: + 13 x 1 - 127/40 Mk II/III

Naval service

Hartford was converted to TS for midshipmen in 1899 and in October 1912 transferred to Charleston for harbour use. She was finally decommissioned in August 1926 but preserved and classified as relic in October 1945. She foundered at berth 20.11.1956.