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ARIADNE paddle sloops,  RIM (1840)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ariadne     John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead // East India Co, Bombay   12.1839 1840 foundered 23.6.1842
Medusa     John Laird, Sons & Co, Biirkenhead // East India Co, Bombay   12.1839 1840 wrecked 9.12.1853


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

432bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m42.4 pp
Breadth, m7.92
Draught, m 
No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 SE

Power, h. p.

70nhp

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament 
Complement 


Project history

Iron-hulled paddle sloops. They were constructed in sections, shipped out to Bombay and assembled there.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Ariadne foundered off Chusan (China) 23.6.1842. Medusa wrecked on the coast of Bengal 9.12.1853.