NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Vulture			Pembroke DYd	9.1841	21.9.1843	7.6.1845	sold 10.1863
Firebrand (ex-Beelzebub)			Portsmouth DYd	12.1841	5.9.1842	22.10.1844	sold 10.1864
Gladiator			Woolwich DYd	2.1842	15.10.1844	25.4.1846	BU 3.1879

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1960
Displacement full, t
Length, m	57.9 pp
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	7.01 hold depth
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	Vulture: sails + 4 flue boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action Firebrand, Gladiator: sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action
Power, h. p.	Vulture: 470nhp Firebrand: 410nhp Gladiator: 430nhp 943ihp
Max speed, kts	9.5
Fuel, t	coal 415
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML
Complement	175

Project history

1st rate steam vessels, later 2nd class frigates, 6 guns. Sir William Symonds design of 1841. Modified Cyclops class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.