Intrepid-class gunvessel

Victor in her later guise as CSS Rappahannock in c.1864
Class overview
NameIntrepid-class gunvessel
Builders
Operators
Preceded byVigilant class
Succeeded byPhilomel class
Built1855-1856
In commission1855-1865
Planned8
Completed6
Scrapped5
General characteristics
TypeWooden gunvessel
Displacement1,042 tons[1]
Tons burthen868 49/94 bm
Length200 ft (61 m) pp
Beam30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)[1]
Depth of hold14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Installed power350 nominal horsepower[2]
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque
SpeedAbout 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Complement100
Armament

Intrepid-class gunvessels were a class of six Royal Navy first-class wooden gunvessels built in 1855-56. They were rated as sloops from 1859 to 1862,[Note 1] and were scrapped by 1865. Victor was sold to the Confederate States of America as the raider CSS Rappahannock, but she was interned by the French at Calais and never fulfilled her intended function.

  1. ^ a b Preston (2007), p. 149
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008) pp. 220–221


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