HMS Trident (1845)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Trident.
HMS Trident was an iron paddle sloop built for the Royal Navy by Ditchburn & Mare in 1845 at Leamouth, London. [2] She served in the Mediterranean, off West Africa and in the South Atlantic, and was broken up in 1866.
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Name | HMS Trident |
Ordered | 13 April 1843 |
Builder | Ditchburn & Mare, Leamouth |
Cost | c. £41,366[Note 1] |
Laid down | 1845 |
Launched | 16 December 1845 |
Commissioned | 8 August 1846 |
Fate | Broken up by Castle at Charlton January 1866 |
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Type | Third-class iron paddle sloop |
Displacement | 903 tons |
Tons burthen | 850 26/94 bm |
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Beam | 31 ft 6 in (9.6 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) |
Installed power | 350 nhp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) under steam |
Complement | 135 |
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