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LIGHTNING 5th rate paddle ships (1823-1824)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Lightning     Deptford DYd 2.1823 19.9.1823 18.12.1823 tender 10.1843, gunvessel 1864, BU 1872
Meteor     Deptford DYd 2.1823 17.2.1824 10.6.1824 tug 1841


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

349

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

38.4 pp

Breadth, m

6.91

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boiers, 2 2-cyl side lever SE

Power, h. p.100nhp
Max speed, kts11
Fuel, tcoal
Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr 6cwt SBML (brass)

Complement20


Project history

Oliver Lang design of 1822. Ordered to meet Admiralty need for steam tugs for Plymouth and Portsmouth.

Modernizations

1830s, both: + 1 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr 6cwt SBML (brass)

Naval service

No significant events.