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SIDON paddle frigate (1846)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sidon     Deptford DYd 26.5.1845 26.5.1846 26.11.1846 sold 7.1864


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1316bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

64.2 pp

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

2.84

No of shafts

2 side wheels

Machinery

sails + 4 tubular boilers, 1 2-cyl VSE direct action

Power, h. p.

560nhp

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal 650

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 206/14 68pdr 88cwt shell SBML, 14 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 60cwt shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML

Complement

270



Project history

1st class frigate, 22 guns. Sir Charles Napier design, approved in 1845. Design was based on Odin with increases depth in hold to carry additional coal.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.