ARGUS paddle sloop (1853)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Argus			Portsmouth DYd	6.1848	15.12.1849	2.5.1853	BU 10.1881

Displacement normal, t	1630
Displacement full, t
Length, m	58.0 pp
Breadth, m	10.2
Draught, m	2.51
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE oscillating
Power, h. p.	300nhp 764ihp
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML
Complement	100

2nd class sloop. John Fincham design, approved in 1849. Originally planned as Alecto class but design was lengthened. Barque-rigged. Wooden hull.

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No significant events.