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Sloop of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Cormorant was a Driver-class wooden paddle sloop of the Royal Navy that operated from 1843 to 1853.
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History | |
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Name | HMS Cormorant |
Ordered | 18 March 1841 |
Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
Cost | £44,898 |
Laid down | 17 May 1841 |
Launched | 13 January 1842 |
Commissioned | 8 February 1843 |
Fate | Broken up on 17 August 1853 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Driver-class wooden paddle sloop |
Displacement | 1,590 tons |
Tons burthen | 1,055 62⁄94 bm |
Length | 180 ft (54.9 m) |
Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Installed power | 280 nhp |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Brig-rigged |
Complement | 149 (later 160) |
Armament |
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