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FIREFLY paddle gunvessels (1833-1834)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Firefly     Woolwich DYd 5.1832 29.9.1832 31.1.1833 survey ship 1858
Spitfire     Woolwich DYd 12.1832 26.3.1834 23.7.1834 wrecked 10.9.1842


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

550bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

47.2 pp

Breadth, m

8.38

Draught, m

5.05 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

Firefly: 220nhp

Spitfire: 140nhp 380ihp

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Firefly: 1 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades

Spitfire: 1 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

80



Project history

Steam vessels, since 1837 3rd class steam vessels, since 1844 1st class gunvessels. Oliver Lang design, approved in 1832.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Spitfire wrecked 10.9.1842 transporting troops on Half Moon Cay lighthouse reef, Belize.