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MEDEA paddle sloop (1834)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Medea     Woolwich DYd 4.1832 2.9.1833 3.4.1834 condemned 12.1866


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1142

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

54.7 pp

Breadth, m

9.73

Draught, m

4.42

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl side lever engine

Power, h. p.

350nhp

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

135



Project history

Steam vessel, since 1844 2nd class sloop. Oliver Lang design, approved in 1831.

Modernizations

1846: was re-engined with 1 4-cyl VDA 'Siamese' type (900ihp, 10.6kts)

Naval service

No significant events.