HMS Conflict (1846)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMS Conflict |
| Ordered | 5 February 1845 |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | July 1845 |
| Launched | 5 August 1846 |
| Commissioned | 4 October 1849 |
| Honours & awards | Baltic 1854–55 |
| Fate | Sold 1863 for breaking |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | First-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1,628 tons |
| Tons burthen | 1,03869/94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 34 ft 4 in (10.5 m) maximum, 34 ft 4 in (10.5 m) for tonnage |
| Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) mean |
| Depth of hold | 22 ft 8+1⁄2 in (6.9 m) |
| Installed power | |
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| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 175 |
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Conflict was originally slated to be built to the Sampson designed steam vessel rated as a Steam Vessel First Class (SV1); however, the Admiralty, first rerated the vessels as First Class Sloops on 19 April 1845 then on 9 May 1845, she was ordered from a design of Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. Originally designated as 10-gun vessels with 400 NHP engines. She served in the Baltic during the Russian war of 1854–55. She was sold for breaking in 1863.
Conflict was the fourth named vessel since its introduction for a 12-gun gun brig launched by Dudman at Deptford on 17 April 1801 and wrecked on the French Coast on 24 October 1804.