HMS Cormorant (1842)

HMS Cormorant was a Driver-class wooden paddle sloop of the Royal Navy that operated from 1843 to 1853.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cormorant.

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Cormorant
Ordered: 18 March 1841
Builder: Sheerness Dockyard
Cost: £44,898
Laid down: 17 May 1841
Launched: 13 January 1842
Commissioned: 8 February 1843
Fate: Broken up on 17 August 1853
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Driver-class wooden paddle sloop
Displacement: 1,590 tons
Tons burthen: 1,055 ​62⁄94 bm
Length: 180 ft (54.9 m)
Beam: 36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Installed power: 280 nhp
Propulsion:
  • William Fairbairn 2-cylinder direct-acting steam engine
  • Paddles
Sail plan: Brig-rigged
Complement: 149 (later 160)
Armament:
  • 2 × 10-inch/42-pounder (84 cwt) pivot guns
  • 2 × 68-pounder guns (64 cwt)
  • 2 × 42-pounder (22 cwt) guns

References
  1. Winfield (2004), p. 160.
  • Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 160.
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