Merlin class

Merlin- class

Ship data country  United Kingdom Ship type Package ship from 1854 Gunboat from 1856 Research ship draft William Symonds Shipyard Pembroke Dock , Pembrokeshire Construction period 1838 to 1840 Launch of the type ship September 18, 1838 Units built 3 period of service 1839 to 1872

Ship dimensions and crew measurement 889 tn. l.   crew 125 men

Machine system machine Side-lever steam engine Machine performance 312 hp (229 kW) Top speed 9 - 9.5 kn (Err km / h) propeller 2 paddle wheels

Armament 4 cannons

The Merlin- class was a class of paddle steamers in the Royal Navy . The three Merlin- class wooden steamboats with side paddle wheels were based on a design by William Symonds.

drive

All ships of the class had a side-lever steam engine from Fawcett with 312 hp . The piston was 64 inches in diameter and 6 feet of stroke . The water tube boiler delivered 10 bar steam. The paddle wheels were 24 feet in diameter and reached 19 revolutions per minute.

Merlin- class ships

Surname	Commissioning	Whereabouts
Merlin	September 18, 1838	Canceled in 1863
Medusa	October 31, 1838	Canceled in 1872
Medina	March 18, 1840	Canceled in 1964

The ships were initially used as parcel ships. During the Crimean War , they were converted into gunboats .

literature

• David Lion, Rif Winfield (2004): Sail & Steam Navy List, All The Ships Of The Royal Navy 1815-1889; Chatham Publishing in association with the National Maritime Museum, London; ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6

Web links

• Ships of the Royal Navy starting with the letter M at pdavis.nl

Footnotes

1. ↑ Reports from Committees: Fourteen Volumes, Session 1 February - 1 August 1849 , 1849, p. 25 ( online )
2. ↑ Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal , London 1859, Part 1, pp. 193–194 ( online )
3. ↑ Thomas Drew Statson, Appleton's Mechanics 'Magazine and Engineers' Journal , Volume 3, New York 1853, p. 131 ( online)