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MAGICIENNE paddle frigates (1853)


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.