NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Nimrod			John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead			1839	unknown
Nitrocris			John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead			1839	unknown
Assyria			John Laird, Sons & Co, Birkenhead // Persian Gulf			1839	unknown

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	153bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	31.4 pp
Breadth, m	5.49
Draught, m	2.01 hold depth
No of shafts	side wheels
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 SE
Power, h. p.	40nhp
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML
Complement

Project history

Iron-hulled paddle gunboats, built for India. The last was sent in sections to the Persian Gulf for assembly and subsequent patrol duties there.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.