HMS Barracouta (1851)

Barracouta and the boats of HMS Calcutta engaging mandarin junks in the capture of the French Folly Fort in China on 6 November 1856
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Barracouta
Ordered	25 April 1847
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Cost	£50,042[Note 1]
Laid down	May 1849
Launched	31 March 1851
Commissioned	30 July 1853
Out of service	1877
Fate	Broken up in 1881
General characteristics [1]
Type	Paddle sloop
Displacement	1,676 tons
Tons burthen	1,048 40/94 bm
Length	190 ft 2 in (58.0 m) (gundeck) 166 ft 4+1⁄2 in (50.7 m) (keel)
Beam	35 ft 0 in (10.7 m) oa
Depth of hold	20 ft 5 in (6.2 m)
Installed power	300 nhp 881 ihp (657 kW)
Propulsion	2-cylinder direct-acting steam engine Paddle wheels
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	10.5 kn (19.4 km/h)
Complement	100
Armament	As built: 2 × 10-inch (84 cwt) pivot guns 4 × 32-pounder (25 cwt) guns From 1856: 1 × 68-pounder (95 cwt) gun 1 × 10-inch (84 cwt) pivot guns 4 × 32-pounder (42 cwt) guns From 1862: 1 × Armstrong 110-pounder gun 1 × 10-inch (84 cwt) pivot guns 4 × 32-pounder (42 cwt) guns

HMS Barracouta was the last paddle sloop built for the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched in 1851. She served in the Pacific theatre of the Crimean War, in the Second Opium War and in the Anglo-Ashanti wars. She paid off for the last time in 1877 and was broken up in 1881.

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