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NIMROD paddle gunboats, RIM (1839)


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, m31.4 pp
Breadth, m5.49
Draught, m2.01 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) 
Armament2 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.