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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pallas			Woolwich DYd	19.10.1863	14.3.1865	6.3.1866	sold 4.1886

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3661
Displacement full, t	3794
Length, m	68.6 pp
Breadth, m	15.2
Draught, m	6.60
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 4 rectangular boilers, 1 4-cyl 2-crank HC
Power, h. p.	3581
Max speed, kts	13.1
Fuel, t	coal 260
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 114 on 559mm teak plating, battery: 114 on 559mm teak plating, bulkheads: 114
Armament	6 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III
Complement	550

Standard scale images

Project history

Purpose-built wooden-hulled ironclad corvette designed as a private venture by Reed and accepted by the Admiralty in 1863, Pallas was originally intended as an iron vessel but was modified to have a wooden hull in order to use existing stocks of timber and because Woolwich DYd was not equipped to construct iron hulls. She was intended to serve as a ram, having an extended and strengthened stem below water, high designed speed (14kts) and low L/B ratio for manoeuvrability. This was the first warship fitted with compound steam engines but she was a successful steamer. She made 12.5 on trials and 13kts after modification to her bow and ram. Pallas was ship-rigged, with 1600m² sail area.

Ship protection

There was full length 114mm waterline extended from 1.4m below waterline to the main deck, extended at the extreme fwd end to the upper deck level to protect bow guns. Battery had 114mm sides and 114mm bulkheads.

Modernizations

1866: - 4 x 1 - 178/16; + 4 x 1 - 203/15 MLR Mk III, 2 x 1 - 126/21 40pdr 35cwt BL

1872: - 2 x 1 - 178/16; + 4 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 64cwt MLR Mk III

Naval service

No significant events.