NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Sampson			Woolwich DYd	11.1843	1.10.1844	5.2.1846	sold 7.1864

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1297bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	62.0 pp
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	7.01 hold depth
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action
Power, h. p.	467nhp
Max speed, kts	9.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 13cwt SBML carronades
Complement	175

Project history

1st rate steam vessel, later 2nd class frigate, 6 guns. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1843. Lengthened Cyclops design with much less rise of floor. Barque-rigged, 2 funnels.

Modernizations

~1850: was rearmed with 2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 206/16 8'' 112cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 13cwt carronades

Naval service

No significant events.