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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
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ARCHER screw sloops (1850)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer | Deptford DYd | 10.1847 | 27.3.1849 | 9.3.1850 | to BU 3.1866 | ||
| Wasp (ex-Parthian) | Deptford DYd | 10.1847 | 28.5.1850 | 26.10.1850 | sold 12.1869 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1337 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 56.8 pp |
| Breadth, m | 10.3 |
| Draught, m | 4.50 mean |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | Archer: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, geared Wasp: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE, oscillating |
| Power, h. p. | Archer: 347ihp Wasp: 280ihp |
| Max speed, kts | Archer: 7.8 Wasp: 8.2 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | 2 x 1 - 206/14 68pdr 87cwt shell SBML, 10 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
| Complement | 170 |
Project history
1st class 12-gun wooden-hulled sloops. In 1862 Archer was reclassed as corvette. John Edye design, approved in 1847. Originally they were ordered as gunvessels of Rifleman class but reordered as sloops in 1847. Wasp was sheathed with Muntz metal.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
