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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Hero			Chatham DYd	8.6.1854	15.4.1858	10.5.1859	sold 6.1871

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4765
Displacement full, t
Length, m	71.4 pp
Breadth, m	16.9
Draught, m	7.47
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	2662ihp
Max speed, kts	11.9
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML, 34 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML
Complement	860

Project history

New two-decker 91-gun ship. Development of the Agamemnon class with a finer bow, and keel lengthened by 1.2m. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.