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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Furious			Portsmouth DYd	6.1848	26.8.1850	18.2.1853	coal hulk 3.1867

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1287bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	62.8 pp
Breadth, m	11.3
Draught, m	2.97
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl oscillating engine
Power, h. p.	400nhp
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 14 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML
Complement	175

Project history

2nd class frigate, 16 guns. John Fincham design of 1848. Originally she had to be a sloop of the Sphinx type. One more ship, Resolute, was cancelled before she was laid down. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.