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HMS Bloodhound (1845)
Gunvessel of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bloodhound.
HMS Bloodhound was an iron-hulled paddle gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was built by Robert Napier and Sons at Govan, to a design drawn up by the builder. She was fitted as a tender to the paddle frigate Sampson at Portsmouth between 1849 and 1851,
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Name | HMS Bloodhound |
Ordered | 16 January 1844 |
Builder | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan |
Yard number | 10 |
Laid down | 1844 |
Launched | 9 January 1845 |
Commissioned | 26 September 1845 |
Reclassified | Fitted as a tender to Sampson, 1849-51 |
Fate | Broken up in 1866 |
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Class and type | Second-class gunvessel |
Tons burthen | 378 10/94 bm |
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Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | 2-masted schooner |
Complement | 60 |
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