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NORTH STAR 6th rate screw corvettes
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Star | Sheerness DYd | 13.7.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 5.1865 | ||
| Favourite | Deptford DYd | 23.8.1860 | --- | --- | reordered as ironclad corvette 1862 | ||
| Ontario | Woolwich DYd | 10.9.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Weymouth | Sheerness DYd | 18.10.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Alligator | Woolwich DYd | 1.11.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Menai | Chatham DYd | 5.1.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1864 | ||
| Dido | Deptford DYd | 14.1.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1857bm |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 68.6 pp |
| Breadth, m | 13.1 |
| Draught, m | 7.34 hold depth |
| No of shafts | 1 hoisting |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 20cyl HSE |
| Power, h. p. | 400nhp |
| Max speed, kts | |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | 20 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 183/14 110pdr 82cwt BL |
| Complement |
Project history
Wooden-hulled 21- or 22-gun covered battery corvettes. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1860. Developed from Jason class. Falmouth, Nereide and Ganymede were cancelled in 1863 before they were laid down.
