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
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Barracouta
Ordered25 April 1847
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Cost£50,042[Note 1]
Laid downMay 1849
Launched31 March 1851
Commissioned30 July 1853
Out of service1877
FateBroken up in 1881
General characteristics [1]
TypePaddle sloop
Displacement1,676 tons
Tons burthen1,048 40/94 bm
Length
  • 190 ft 2 in (58.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 166 ft 4+12 in (50.7 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 0 in (10.7 m) oa
Depth of hold20 ft 5 in (6.2 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder direct-acting steam engine
  • Paddle wheels
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed10.5 kn (19.4 km/h)
Complement100
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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