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HMS Avenger (1845)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Avenger.
HMS Avenger was a wooden paddle wheel frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1845 and wrecked with heavy loss of life in 1847.
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Name | HMS Avenger |
Ordered | 19 February 1844 |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 27 August 1844 |
Launched | 5 August 1845 |
Commissioned | 21 June 1846 |
Fate | Wrecked on the Sorelle Rocks, Tunisia on 20 December 1847 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Frigate |
Tons burthen | 1444 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Installed power | 650 ihp (480 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9.5 kn (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
Complement | 200 (later 250) |
Armament | 2 × 8 in (200 mm) (112cwt) pivot guns, 4 × 8 in (200 mm) (65cwt) pivot guns, 4 × 32 pdr (15 kg) (25cwt) gunnades |
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