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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CRUISERS
screw corvette LANCASTER (1859)
Ships
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | Philadelphia N Yd | 12/1857 | 20.10.1858 | 12.5.1859 | TS 1899, receiving ship 11.1903 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 3290 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 71.8 pp |
| Breadth, m | 14.0 |
| Draught, m | 6.78 (hold depth) |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 2-cyl HDA, 2 water-tube boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 810ihp |
| Max speed, kts | 9.5 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 279/15 Dahlgren SB, 24 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB, 2 x 1 - 107/24 30pdr Parrott rifled |
| Complement | 310 |
Standard scale images
nearly sister-ship Hartford 1860
Project history
Large corvette classified as sloop of Hartford group.
Modernizations
1881: - 24 x 1 - 229/15; + 10 x 1 - 203/15 converted rifled Dahlgren SB
Naval service
Lancaster served as station ship since 1898 and as gunnery TS since 1899. In November 1903 she became receiving ship and in March 1912 transferred to civil service. She was stricken officially 31.12.1915.
