HMS Gorgon (1837)

HMS Gorgon by Sir Oswald Walters Brierly.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Gorgon
Ordered	10 July 1834[1]
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Pembroke Dock[2]
Laid down	July 1836[1]
Launched	31 August 1837
Commissioned	30 August 1838[1]
Decommissioned	11 February 1864
Fate	Sold for breaking on 17 October 1864[1]
General characteristics
Type	Steam vessel (later, first-class sloop)
Displacement	1,610 long tons (1,640 t)
Tons burthen	1108 67/94 bm[1]
Length	235 ft (71.6 m) (overall) 152 ft 2 in (46.4 m) (keel)[1]
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.4 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m)[3]
Depth of hold	23 ft (7.0 m)[1]
Installed power	800 ihp (600 kW)[1]
Propulsion	2-cylinder direct-acting steam engine 4 flue boilers 27 ft (8.2 m) Paddles
Sail plan	Schooner (later brig)[1]
Speed	9.5 kn (17.6 km/h)[1]
Complement	160
Armament	6 guns: As built: 2 × pivot-mounted 10-inch (84 cwt) guns 2 × 68-pdr (64 cwt) guns 2 × 42-pdr (22 cwt) carronades By 1856: 1 × pivot-mounted 10-inch (84 cwt) gun 1 × pivot-mounted 68-pdr (64 cwt) gun 4 × 32-pdr (42 cwt) guns

HMS Gorgon was a wooden steam paddle sloop of 6 guns, launched in 1837. In 1840 she took part in the bombardment of Acre, and in 1843 was part of the Royal Navy squadron stationed in the River Plate during the Uruguayan Civil War. She was converted to a troopship and in 1858 assisted Agamemnon in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. She was sold for breaking in 1864.