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ENTERPRISE composite central battery ironclad sloop (1864)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Enterprise (ex-Circassian)     Deptford DYd 5.5.1862 9.2.1864 3.6.1864 sold 11.1886


Technical data


Displacement normal, t1350
Displacement full, t 
Length, m

54.9 pp

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

4.77 aft

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 2 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, direct acting

Power, h. p.

692

Max speed, kts

9.9

Fuel, t

coal 95

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armour, mmiron; belt: 114 on 495mm teak plating, battery: 114 on 495mm teak plating, bulkheads: 114
Armament

2 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 110pdr BL, 2 x 1 - 241/15 'Somerset' 100pdr SBML

Complement

130



Standard scale images


<i>Enterprise </i>1864
Enterprise 1864


Project history

Laid down as a wooden screw sloop and redesigned as an ironclad before much progress had been made on her construction. The conversion was of the same general type as that applied to Research, but with a narrower waterline belt and the guns mounted at upper instead of main deck level. Much effort was directed towards weight saving, and the upper part of the hull was constructed of iron, making her the first vessel of composite construction. The bulwarks fore and aft of the box battery could be hinged back when the guns were in position for end on fire. She had a barque rig with 1700m² sail area, best speed under sail was 9.7kts.

Ship protection

There was full length waterline belt 3.0m deep with a central armoured box battery 10.4m long extending from the belt to the top of the bulwarks.

Modernizations

1864: the funnel was moved from the centre of the battery to forward of it

1868: was rearmed with 4 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III

Naval service

No significant events.