HMS Bristol (1861)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bristol.
HMS Bristol was the name ship of her class of wooden screw frigates built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Bristol |
Namesake | Bristol |
Ordered | 9 April 1856 |
Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
Laid down | 16 September 1859 |
Launched | 12 February 1861 |
Completed | October 1865 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, July 1883 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bristol-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,020 long tons (4,080 t) |
Tons burthen | 3,027 26ā94 bm |
Length | 250 ft (76.2 m) |
Beam | 52 ft (15.8 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
Installed power | 4 boilers; 2,088 ihp (1,557 kW) |
Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Steam engine |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 550ā600 |
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