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AKBAR paddle frigates, RIM (1841)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Akbar     Robert Napier, Govan     1841 sold 2.1859
Memnon     Fletcher & Fearnall, Limehouse     1841 wrecked 4.8.1843


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1140-1143bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

62.9 pp

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

4.42

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 SE

Power, h. p.

Akbar: 350nhp

Memnon: 400nhp

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Memnon: 2 x 1 - 200/12 64pdr SBML, 4 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr SBML

Complement

 



Project history

Frigates built for the Indian Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Memnon wrecked near Cape Guardafui 4.8.1843.