Oscillating paddlewheel engines of HMS Black Eagle
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name |
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Owner | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 28 January 1831 |
Builder | Merchant's yard, Limehouse |
Cost | £19,964[1] |
Laid down | April 1831 |
Launched | 11 July 1831 |
Commissioned | 11 July 1831 |
Fate | Broken up, March 1876 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Firebrand-class steam vessel |
Displacement | As built: 510 long tons |
Tons burthen | As built: 495 bm From 1843: 540 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 26 ft 5 in (8.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 10 in (4.5 m) |
Propulsion | |
Complement | 80 |
Armament |
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HMS Firebrand was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1831. She was rebuilt in 1843, renamed HMS Black Eagle and employed as an Admiralty steam yacht. She was broken up in 1876.