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UNITED KINGDOM
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TRIBUNE 5th rate screw frigates (1853-1854)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribune | Sheerness DYd | 4.1851 | 21.1.1853 | 3.8.1853 | sold 8.1866 | ||
| Curacoa | Pembroke DYd | 1.1852 | 13.4.1854 | 14.11.1854 | BU 7.1869 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | Tribune: 2220 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t |
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| Length, m | 58.5 pp |
| Breadth, m | 13.1 |
| Draught, m | 3.94 hold depth |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
| Power, h. p. | Tribune: 1068ihp Curacoa: 1354ihp |
| Max speed, kts | Tribune: 10.4 Curacoa: 10.8 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | 1 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 10 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
| Complement | 300 |
Project history
2nd class 31-gun frigates. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1850. Tribune was first ordered in 1846 as 28-gun sailing frigate and reordered as screw ship in 1850, Curacoa utilised the frames prepared for cancelled 36-gun sailing frigates. Wooden hull.
Modernizations
1863, both: reduced to 23-gun.
Naval service
No significant events.
