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FLYING FISH sailing brigs (1844-1845)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Flying Fish     Pembroke DYd 10.1843 3.4.1844 22.10.1844 BU 8.1852
Kingfisher     Pembroke DYd 4.1844 8.4.1845 25.10.1845 tender 1875


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

445bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

31.4 gundeck

Breadth, m

9.86

Draught, m

4.47 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t 
Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 39cwt SBML, 10 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

130



Project history

12-gun 3rd class brigs. William Symonds design, approved in 1843.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.