HMS Black Eagle

Oscillating paddlewheel engines of HMS Black Eagle
History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name
  • HMS Firebrand (1831-1843)
  • HMS Black Eagle (1843-1876)
OwnerRoyal Navy
Ordered28 January 1831
BuilderMerchant's yard, Limehouse
Cost£19,964[1]
Laid downApril 1831
Launched11 July 1831
Commissioned11 July 1831
FateBroken up, March 1876
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeFirebrand-class steam vessel
DisplacementAs built: 510 long tons
Tons burthenAs built: 495 bm From 1843: 540 bm
Length
  • As built: 155 ft 3 in (47.3 m)
  • From 1843: 168 ft 3 in (51.3 m)
Beam26 ft 5 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 10 in (4.5 m)
Propulsion
  • As built:
  • Butterley & Co. 140 nhp 2-cylinder side lever steam engine
  • Paddle wheel
  • From 1833:
  • Maudslay 120 nhp steam engine
  • Morgan paddlewheels
  • From 1843:
  • 'Tubulous boilers'
  • Penn 260 nhp steam engine
  • Paddlewheels
Complement80
Armament
  • As built:
  • 6 × 9-pounder (1312cwt) gun
  • Later:
  • 1 × 32-pounder (25cwt) pivot gun
  • 2 × 32-pounder (17cwt) carronades
Firebrand emerging from Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta, 1832, by Nicolas S. Cammillieri

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.

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2004), p.162