HMS Black Eagle

Oscillating paddlewheel engines of HMS Black Eagle
History
United Kingdom
Name
  • Firebrand (1831–1843)
  • Black Eagle (1843–1876)
Ordered28 January 1831
BuilderMerchant's yard, Limehouse
Cost£19,964
Laid downApril 1831
Launched11 July 1831
Commissioned11 July 1831
FateBroken up, March 1876
General characteristics
Class & typeFirebrand-class steam vessel
DisplacementAs built: 510 long tons (520 t)
Tons burthenAs built: 495 bm From 1843: 540 bm
Length
  • As built: 155 ft 3 in (47.3 m)
  • From 1843: 168 ft 3 in (51.3 m)
Beam26 ft 5 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 10 in (4.5 m)
Propulsion
  • As built:
  • Butterley & Co. 140 nhp 2-cylinder side lever steam engine
  • Paddle wheel
  • From 1833:
  • Maudslay 120 nhp steam engine
  • Morgan paddlewheels
  • From 1843:
  • 'Tubulous boilers'
  • Penn 260 nhp steam engine
  • Paddlewheels
Complement80
Armament
  • As built:
  • 6 × 9-pounder (131⁄2cwt) gun
  • Later:
  • 1 × 32-pounder (25cwt) pivot gun
  • 2 × 32-pounder (17cwt) carronades

HMS Firebrand was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1831. She was rebuilt in 1843, renamed HMS Black Eagle and employed as an Admiralty steam yacht. She was broken up in 1876.

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