HMS Dauntless (1847)

HMS Dauntless, 33 Guns, lithograph, c. 1855
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dauntless
Ordered19 February 1844 as a paddle vessel; re-ordered 12 February 1845 as a screw vessel
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downSeptember 1845
Launched5 January 1847
CommissionedAugust 1850 after fitting engines at Glasgow
Decommissioned1878
FateSold for breaking 1 May 1885
General characteristics
TypeSteam Screw Frigate
Tons burthen
  • 1,497 bm (as completed)
  • 1,575 bm (as lengthened 1850)
Length
  • 210 ft 0 in (64.01 m) (as completed)
  • 219 ft 6 in (66.90 m) (as lengthened 1850)
Beam39 ft 3 in (11.96 m)
Draught10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Depth of hold26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion
  • Sails and Steam
  • 2-cylinder 580 horsepower steam engine
  • Single (hoisting) Screw
Sail planShip Rigged
Armament
  • Guns:
  • 2 × 68 lb carronades
  • 4 × 10-inch shell guns
  • 18 × 32 lb guns;
  • re-armed 1854 with 33 guns

The third HMS Dauntless was a wooden-hulled steam screw frigate, launched at Portsmouth in 1847.

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