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IMPERIEUSE 4th rate screw frigate (1853-1863)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Imperieuse     Deptford DYd 11.1850 15.9.1852 30.3.1853 sold 3.1867
Euryalus     Chatham DYd 10.1851 5.10.1853 5.3.1854 sold 3.1867
Aurora     Pembroke DYd 5.9.1854 22.6.1861 11.1863 BU 12.1881
Forte     Deptford DYd 5.5.1854 29.5.1858 7.4.1860 receiving ship 1880
Chesapeake     Chatham DYd 30.5.1854 27.9.1855 28.8.1857 sold 1867


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

Imperieuse: 3345

Euryalus: 3356

Aurora: 3498

Forte: 2370 light

Chesapeake: 3334

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

64.6 pp

Aurora: 69.2 pp

Breadth, m

15.3

Draught, m

Imperieuse: 6.78

Euryalus: 6.99

Aurora: 6.88

Forte: 5.66

Chesapeake: 6.96

No of shafts

1

Machinery

Imperieuse, Euryalus: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk

Aurora, Forte, Chesapeake: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE

Power, h. p.

Imperieuse: 1296ihp

Euryalus: 1162ihp

Aurora: 1576ihp

Forte: 1539ihp

Chesapeake: 1159ihp

Max speed, kts

Imperieuse: 9.9

Euryalus: 9.5

Aurora: 10.2

Forte: 11.4

Chesapeake: 9.7

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

515



Project history

51-gun frigates. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1850. Imperieuse originally ordered in 1848 as 60-gun sailing frigate, was reordered in 1850 as a screw ship. Euryalus originally was ordered in 1848 as 50-gun sailing frigate and was reordered as screw ship in 1851. Intended sisters Bacchante, Liffey, Shannon and Topaze were later completed to a modified design, as were later ordered Mersey and Tweed. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.