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284:, were designed by Sir William Symonds, the Surveyor of the Navy. The design was approved on 12 April 1839. Initially four vessels were ordered and completed. A fifth unit was ordered (Rattler), but was reordered as a screw propelled vessel. And a sixth unit had been ordered but was requested to be reordered to a different design. The screw driven
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February 1841. The gundeck was 164 feet 0 inches (49.99 metres) with the keel length of 142 feet 6 inches (43.43 metres) reported for tonnage. The maximum beam was 32 feet 8 inches (9.96 metres) with 32 feet 6 inches (9.91 metres) reported for tonnage. The
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was the second named vessel since it was used for a 64-gun third rate, launched at
Sheerness Dockyard on 27 April 1782, converted to a powder hulk in September 1813 and her breaking was completed at Chatham on 15 September 1827.
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was the fifth named vessel since it was used for a 64-gun third rate, launched at
Blaydes of Hull on 13 August 1764, captured by the French off Plymouth on 17 August 1779, recaptured in April 1782 and renamed
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supplied the machinery for all vessels. They were equipped with two fire-tube rectangular boilers. The engines were 2-cylinder vertical single expansion (VSE) direct acting steam engines rated at 200
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All four ships were armed with two 32-pounder 42 hundredweight (cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore (MLSB) guns on pivot mounts and two 32-pounder (25 cwt) MLSB carronades on broadside trucks.
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Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by
Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e
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was the second named vessel since it was used for an 18-gun fireship, Launched by
Thompson of Southampton on 27 March 1807, assigned to harbour service in May 1819, then renamed
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in July 1839 at
Chatham and Sheerness Dockyards. The second pair were laid down at Chatham Dockyard in February 1840. The first two vessels (
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Warships in the Age of Sail (1817 – 1863), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2014, e
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was the second named vessel since it was used for a 12-gun fireship, launched by King of Dover on 26 May 1781 and sold in 1802.
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292:. The vessels all participated during the Russian War. All had gone to the breakers by the mid-1860s.
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A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £3,399,900 in today's money for
Polyphemus.
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A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £3,109,900 in today's money for
Prometheus.
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depth of hold was 18 feet 7 inches (5.66 metres). The builder's measure calculated at
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A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £3,399,900 in today's money for Ardent.
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A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £3,030,900 in today's money for Alecto.
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420:: Total Cost £27,596 (Hull - £13,198; Machinery - £10,700; Fitting - £3,698)
408:: Total Cost £28,593 (Hull - £13,385; Machinery - £10,700; Fitting - £4,061)
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The vessels were ordered in February 1839. The first two were
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414:: Total Cost £29,433 (including Machinery - £10,700)
402:: Total Cost £27,268 (including Machinery - £10,700)
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265:2 × 32-pdr (25 cwt) MLSB guns on broadside trucks
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373:tons whereas the vessels displaced 878 tons.
262:2 × 32-pdr (42 cwt) MLSB guns on pivot mounts
216:32 ft 2 in (9.8 m) for tonnage
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280:steam vessels (SV3) later reclassed as
867:Royal Navy paddle sloops (1831 – 1851)
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1057:Paddle sloops of the Royal Navy
354:launched in September 1840 and
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309:then sold in June 1794.
394:Initial cost of vessels
140:General characteristics
460:Broken November 1865
629:Colledge, Polyphemus
620:Colledge, Prometheus
514:Broken 2 March 1865
478:Broken 5 March 1863
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150:Steam Vessels (SV3)
472:Sheerness Dockyard
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385:nominal horsepower
350:in July 1839 with
282:Third Class Sloops
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78:Preceded by
1051:Categories
1026:Barracouta
892:Salamander
792:Polyphemus
785:Prometheus
691:References
485:Polyphemus
467:Prometheus
418:Polyphemus
412:Prometheus
352:Polyphemus
344:Prometheus
323:Polyphemus
313:Prometheus
242:Propulsion
165:1,283 tons
72:Royal Navy
951:Stromboli
878:Messenger
815:Stromboli
581:Citations
336:laid down
116:Completed
111:1840–1865
103:1838–1842
82:Stromboli
60:Operators
1005:Basilisk
997:Antelope
665:Winfield
656:Winfield
593:Winfield
442:Remarks
439:Launched
381:Millwall
348:launched
257:Armament
41:Builders
1012:Buzzard
990:Trident
975:Bulldog
899:Phoenix
436:Builder
387:(NHP).
368:⁄
346:) were
317:Veteran
286:Rattler
250:Paddles
181:⁄
132:Retired
967:Driver
959:Alecto
943:Merlin
928:Gorgon
920:Hermes
824:Driver
799:Ardent
778:Alecto
764:Alecto
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302:Ardent
296:Alecto
290:Alecto
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276:Alecto
193:Length
93:Driver
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913:Medea
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100:Built
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708:ISBN
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