NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pique			Plymouth DYd	6.1822	---	---	cancelled 6.1832
Andromeda			East India Co., Bombay	8.1827	3.1829	1829	hulk 1836
Seahorse			Pembroke DYd	11.1826	22.7.1830	8.1830	screw frigate 7.1847, coal hulk 9.1856
Stag			Pembroke DYd	4.1828	2.10.1830	10.1830	BU 8.1866
Euphrates			Portsmouth DYd	30.6.1828	---	---	cancelled 2.1831
Maeander			Chatham DYd	2.1829	5.5.1840	1840	coastguard hulk 1.1857
Forth			Pembroke DYd	11.1828	1.8.1833	2.9.1833	screw frigate 7.1847, coal hulk 10.1856
Statira			Plymouth DYd	12.1823	---	---	cancelled 8.1832
Tigris			Plymouth DYd	6.1822	---	---	cancelled 8.1832

Technical data

Data variant	sailing	screw
Displacement normal, t	1215bm	Seahorse: 1799 Forth: 1793
Displacement full, t
Length, m	48.5 gundeck	50.0 gundeck
Breadth, m	12.8	12.9
Draught, m	4.11 hold depth	6.05 hold depth
No of shafts		1
Machinery	sails	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk
Power, h. p.		Seahorse: 832ihp Forth: 834ihp
Max speed, kts		Seahorse: 9.3 Forth: 9.4
Fuel, t		coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 38cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 81/20 9pdr 26cwt SBML	2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 86cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 85cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 177/16 42pdr 66cwt SBML
Complement	315	320

Project history

46-gun 5th rate 18pdr frigates. Further modification of Seringapatam class design.

Modernizations

1830s, all: were rearmed with 2 x 1 - 204/12 68pdr shell SBML, 40 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML

1847, Seahorse, Forth: were converted to screw frigates with data as given in the table

Naval service

No significant events.