HMS Salamander (1832)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Salamander.

Paddle steamer HMS Salamander towing a frigate out of Corunna, Spain, by Joseph Schranz
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Salamander
NamesakeSalamander
Ordered12 January 1831
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Cost£34,334
Laid downApril 1831
Launched14 May 1832
Completed12 February 1833
Commissioned27 November 1832
Honours and
awards		Second Burmese War 1852
FateBroken up at Sheerness in 1883
General characteristics
TypePaddle sloop
Displacement1,014 tons
Tons burthen818 bm
Length
  • 175 ft 5 in (53.5 m) gundeck
  • 151 ft 8.25 in (46.2 m) keel for tonnage
Beam
  • 32 ft 2 in (9.8 m) maximum
  • 31 ft 10 in (9.7 m) for tonnage
Draught
  • 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) (forward)
  • 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) (aft)
Depth of hold17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion
Sail planSchooner rig, later changed to barquentine
Speed7.2 knots (13.3 km/h) (under steam)
Complement135
Armament
  • 2 × 10-inch (84 cwt) pivot guns
  • 2 (later 4) × 32-pounder (25 cwt) guns
  • 1862 1 x 110 pounder

HMS Salamander was one of the initial steam powered vessels built for the Royal Navy. On 10 January 1831 the First Sea Lord gave orders that four paddle vessels be built to competitive designs. The vessels were to be powered by Maudslay, Son & Field steam engines, carry a schooner rig and mount one or two 10-inch shell guns.[1] Initially classed simply as a steam vessel (SV), she was re-classed as a second-class steam sloop when that categorization was introduced on 31 May 1844. Designed by Joseph Seaton, the Master Shipwright of Sheerness, she was initially slated to be built in Portsmouth, and was changed to Sheerness Dockyard. She was launched and completed in 1832, took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War and was broken up in 1883.

Salamander was the eighth named ship since it was introduced for a Scottish ship captured in 1544 and listed until 1559.[2]

  1. ^ Winfield
  2. ^ Colledge