TORCH paddle gunvessels (1846)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Torch			Ditchburn & Mare, Blackwall	1844	25.2.1845	28.5.1846	sold 5.1856
Harpy			Ditchburn & Mare, Blackwall	1844	4.3.1845	1.2.1846	target 10.1892

Displacement normal, t	505
Displacement full, t
Length, m	42.9 pp
Breadth, m	6.86
Draught, m	4.11 hold depth
No of shafts	side wheels
Machinery	Torch: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine Harpy: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE
Power, h. p.	Torch: 150nhp Harpy: 200nhp 520ihp
Max speed, kts	Harpy: 9
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

2nd class iron-hulled gunvessels. Symonds design, approved in 1844.

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No significant events.