NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Centaur			Portsmouth DYd	12.1844	6.10.1845	3.2.1849	BU 9.1864
Dragon (ex-Janus)			Pembroke DYd	1.1844	17.7.1845	7.1847	sold 10.1864

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1269bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	61.0 pp
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	7.01 hold depth
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action
Power, h. p.	Centaur: 540nhp Dragon: 560nhp
Max speed, kts	Centaur: 10.5 Dragon: 11.5
Fuel, t	coal 430
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Centaaur: 2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades Dragon: 2 x 1 - 206/16 8'' 112cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 147/8 24pdr SBML carronades
Complement	175

Project history

Steam vessels (SV1), later 2nd class frigate, 6 guns, rerated sloops in 1859. Sir William Symonds design, approved in 1844. Ordered to Firebrand design, amended to lengthen by 3m. Brig-rigged on completion, mizzens were added later.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.