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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Medea			Woolwich DYd	4.1832	2.9.1833	3.4.1834	condemned 12.1866

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1142
Displacement full, t
Length, m	54.7 pp
Breadth, m	9.73
Draught, m	4.42
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine
Power, h. p.	350nhp
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML
Complement	135

Project history

Steam vessel, since 1844 2nd class sloop. Oliver Lang design, approved in 1831.

Modernizations

1846: was re-engined with 1 4-cyl VDA 'Siamese' type (900ihp, 10.6kts)

Naval service

No significant events.