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RETRIBUTION paddle frigate (1845)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Retribution (ex-Watt, ex-Dragon)     Chatham DYd 8.1842 2.7.1844 23.12.1845 sold 7.1864


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1641bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

67.1 pp

Breadth, m

12.3

Draught, m

3.13

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + 4 boilers, 1 4-cyl VSE direct action 'Siamese' type

Power, h. p.

800nhp

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal 530

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 206/16 8'' 112cwt shell SBML, 9 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML

Complement

175



Project history

1st rate steam vessel, later 1st class frigate, 22 guns, from 1856 28 guns. John Edye design, approved in 1842.

Modernizations

1849: re-engined with 1 2-cyl oscillating engine (400nhp); + 12 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML

1850s: + 6 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML

Naval service

No significant events.