HMS Shah (1873)
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For other ships of this name, see HMS Shah.
The first HMS Shah was a 19th-century unarmoured iron hulled, wooden sheathed frigate of Britain's Royal Navy designed by Sir Edward Reed. She was originally to be named HMS Blonde but was renamed following the visit of the Shah of Persia in 1873.
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Name | HMS Shah |
Namesake | Shah of Persia |
Owner | Royal Navy |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | 7 March 1870 |
Launched | 10 September 1873 |
Completed | December 1875 |
Commissioned | 14 August 1876 |
Out of service | December 1904 |
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Type | Unarmored steam frigate |
Displacement | 6,250 long tons (6,350 t) |
Tons burthen | 4,210 bm |
Length | 334 ft (101.8 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 52 ft (15.8 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 7 in (7.8 m) |
Installed power | 7,480 ihp (5,580 kW) |
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Sail plan | Ship rig |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 6,840 nmi (12,670 km; 7,870 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 600 |
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