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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Magicienne			Pembroke DYd	9.1847	7.3.1849	20.2.1853	BU 9.1866
Valorous			Pembroke DYd	3.1849	30.4.1851	7.7.1853	BU 2.1891

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2300
Displacement full, t
Length, m	64.0 pp
Breadth, m	11.0
Draught, m	2.74
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl oscillating engine
Power, h. p.	1300ihp
Max speed, kts	9-10
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 10 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML
Complement	200

Project history

2nd class frigates, 16 guns, later 14. John Edye design, approved in 1847. Reordered from 1st class sloops in 1847. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

1850s, both: - 2 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML

1862, both: - 1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML; + 2 x 1 - 183/12 110pdr 82cwt Armstrong BL

Naval service

No significant events.