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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Sidon			Deptford DYd	26.5.1845	26.5.1846	26.11.1846	sold 7.1864

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1316bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	64.2 pp
Breadth, m	11.3
Draught, m	2.84
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action
Power, h. p.	560nhp
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal 650
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 206/14 68pdr 88cwt shell SBML, 14 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 60cwt shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML
Complement	270

Project history

1st class frigate, 22 guns. Sir Charles Napier design, approved in 1845. Design was based on Odin with increases depth in hold to carry additional coal.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.