Hydra-class sloop
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hydra-class steam sloop |
| Builders | Chatham Dockyard |
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | HMS Gorgon |
| Succeeded by | Merlin-class sloop |
| Built | 1837–1839 |
| In commission | 1838–1870 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | Steam sloop |
| Displacement | 1,096 long tons (1,114 t) |
| Tons burthen | 817 tons bm |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 165 ft (50 m) (gundeck) 143 ft 7.25 in (43.77 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 32 ft 10 in (10.01 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft 4 in (6.20 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Boulton and Watt beam engine Iron tubular boilers 220 hp (164 kW) Side paddles |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (under steam) |
| Complement | 135 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 2 × 32-pounder guns • 2 × 8 in (200 mm) guns |
The Hydra-class were a class of three paddlewheel steam sloops of the British Royal Navy designed by the Surveyor of the Navy William Symonds and his Chief Clerk John Edye.
Ships
- HMS Hydra
- Ordered 18 September 1837
- Launched 13 June 1838
- Out of service 13 May 1870
- HMS Hecla
- Ordered 15 March 1838
- Launched 14 January 1839
- Out of service 15 June 1863
- HMS Hecate
- Ordered 12 March 1838
- Launched 30 March 1839
- Out of service 1865
See also
References
- ^ Davis, Peter (2009). "William Loney RN - Ships". home.wxs.nl. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Harrison, Simon (2012). "British Hydra Class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
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