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MYRMIDON paddle gunvessel (1846)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Myrmidon     Ditchburn & Mare, Blackwall 1844 2.1845 16.3.1846 sold 12.1858


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

370bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

46.0 pp

Breadth, m

6.86

Draught, m

4.17 hold depth

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

150nhp

Max speed, kts10
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 145/8 24pdr 13cwt SBML carronades, 1 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr 22cwt SBML

Complement

60



Project history

2nd class iron-hulled gunvessel. Builder's design, approved in 1844.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.