HMS Trident (1845)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Trident
Ordered	13 April 1843
Builder	Ditchburn & Mare, Leamouth
Cost	c. £41,366[Note 1]
Laid down	1845
Launched	16 December 1845
Commissioned	8 August 1846
Fate	Broken up by Castle at Charlton January 1866
General characteristics [1]
Type	Third-class iron paddle sloop
Displacement	903 tons
Tons burthen	850 26/94 bm
Length	180 ft (55 m) (gundeck) 161 ft 1 in (49.1 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Installed power	350 nhp
Propulsion	Boulton, Watt & Co two-cylinder oscillating steam engine Side paddles
Speed	9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) under steam
Complement	135
Armament	2 × 10-inch (85 cwt) guns 2 (later 4) × 32-pounder gunnades

HMS Trident was an iron paddle sloop built for the Royal Navy by Ditchburn & Mare in 1845 at Leamouth, London. ^[2] She served in the Mediterranean, off West Africa and in the South Atlantic, and was broken up in 1866.

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