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HMS Bloodhound (1845)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Bloodhound
Ordered16 January 1844
BuilderRobert Napier and Sons, Govan
Yard number10
Laid down1844
Launched9 January 1845
Commissioned26 September 1845
ReclassifiedFitted as a tender to Sampson, 1849-51
FateBroken up in 1866
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeSecond-class gunvessel
Tons burthen378 10/94 bm
Length
  • 146 ft (44.5 m) (overall)
  • 134 ft 4+12 in (41.0 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder side-lever engine
  • 150 nhp
Sail plan2-masted schooner
Complement60
Armament
  • 1 × 18-pounder (22cwt)[Note 1] carronade on pivot
  • 2 × 24-pounder (13cwt) carronades

HMS Bloodhound was an iron-hulled paddle gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was built by Robert Napier at Govan, to a design drawn up by the builder.[2] She was fitted as a tender to the paddle frigate Sampson at Portsmouth between 1849 and 1851, and was broken up in 1866.[3][1]

External image
image icon Plans of Bloodhound

Notes

  1. ^ 22 cwt is the weight of the gun ("cwt" = hundredweight)

References

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2004), p. 176
  2. ^ Launched 1845: HMS Bloodhound, Shipping Times Clydebuilt database, accessed 10 December 2011
  3. ^ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 42.