NAVYPEDIA
Support the project with paypal
HOME
FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
HERO 2nd rate screw ship-of-the-line (1859)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hero |
Chatham DYd | 8.6.1854 | 15.4.1858 | 10.5.1859 | sold 6.1871 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 4765 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 71.4 pp |
| Breadth, m | 16.9 |
| Draught, m | 7.47 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
| Power, h. p. | 2662ihp |
| Max speed, kts | 11.9 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML, 34 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML |
| Complement | 860 |
Project history
New two-decker 91-gun ship. Development of the Agamemnon class with a finer bow, and keel lengthened by 1.2m. Wooden hull.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
