NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Newcastle			Deptford DYd	6.12.1858	16.10.1860	21.9.1874	powder hulk 1889
Glasgow			Portsmouth DYd	12.9.1859	28.3.1861	24.5.1871	sold 12.1884
Tweed			Pembroke DYd	3.7.1860	---	---	cancelled 12.1864
Bristol			Woolwich DYd	16.9.1859	12.2.1861	10.1865	sold 7.1883
Undaunted			Chatham DYd	28.5.1859	1.1.1861	16.7.1861	sold 11.1882
Dryad			Portsmouth DYd	2.1.1860	---	---	cancelled 12.1864
Belvidera			Chatham DYd	30.4.1860	---	---	cancelled 12.1864
Pomone			Chatham DYd	10.9.1860	---	---	cancelled 12.1863

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4020
Displacement full, t
Length, m	76.2 pp
Breadth, m	16.0
Draught, m	5.84 hull depth
No of shafts	1 (hoisting)
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Newcastle: 2354 Glasgow: 2020 Bristol: 2088 Undaunted: 2261
Max speed, kts	Newcastle: 12.4 Glasgow: 11.5 Bristol: 11.3 Undaunted: 11.8
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML
Complement	550

Project history

51-gun frigates, design approved in 1858. Wooden hull. Raleigh, Briton, Barham, Boadicea and Dextrous were cancelled before they were laid down. Tweed was proposed to be fitted as an ironclad before her final cancellation.

Modernizations

1870s, all: had 28 guns

Naval service

No significant events.