HMS Bloodhound (1845)
HMS Bloodhound was an iron-hulled paddle gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was built by Robert Napier and Sons at Govan, to a design drawn up by the builder. She was fitted as a tender to the paddle frigate Sampson at Portsmouth between 1849 and 1851, and was broken up in 1866.[2][1]
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| Name: | HMS Bloodhound |
| Ordered: | 16 January 1844 |
| Builder: | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan |
| Yard number: | 10 |
| Laid down: | 1844 |
| Launched: | 9 January 1845 |
| Commissioned: | 26 September 1845 |
| Reclassified: | Fitted as a tender to Sampson, 1849-51 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1866 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Second-class gunvessel |
| Tons burthen: | 378 10/94 bm |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
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| Sail plan: | 2-masted schooner |
| Complement: | 60 |
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Notes
- 22 cwt is the weight of the gun ("cwt" = hundredweight)
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References
- Winfield (2004), p. 176
- Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 42.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
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