NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Inflexible			Pembroke DYd	1.1844	22.5.1845	9.8.1846	sold 7.1864
Scourge			Portsmouth DYd	2.1844	9.11.1844	13.5.1846	BU 1865
Bulldog			Chatham DYd	7.7.1844	2.10.1845	7.9.1846	sunk 23.10.1865
Fury			Sheerness DYd	6.1845	31.12.1845	6.7.1847	sold 7.1864

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1124bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	57.9 pp
Breadth, m	11.0
Draught, m	2.46
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE direct action
Power, h. p.	Inflexible: 378nhp Scourge: 420nhp Bulldog: 500nhp Fury: 515nhp
Max speed, kts	Inflexible: 9.5 Bulldog: 10.2 Fury: 10.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 64cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 175/8 42pdr 22cwt SBML
Complement	160

Project history

2nd rate steam vessels, since 1844 1st class sloops. Sir William Symonds design of 1844. Developed from Driver class with redesigned bow and lengthened engine room.

Modernizations

1856, all: - 1 x 1 - 254/11, 2 x 1 - 204/13, 2 x 1 - 175/8; + 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML

early 1860s, some: - 1 x 1 - 206/15; + 1 x 1 - 183/14 110pdr 82cwt BL

Naval service

Bulldog 23.10.1865 was deliberately blown up after running aground in action with Haitian ships and forts at Cape Haytien.