HMS Sutlej (1855)

Sutlej's officers in the late 1860s while flagship Pacific. Photography by Frederick Dally.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Sutlej
Ordered26 March 1845
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downAugust 1847
Launched17 April 1855
FateBroken up in 1869
General characteristics
Class & type50-gun Constance-class fourth-rate frigate
Tons burthen
  • 2,066 tons
  • 3,066 tons after 1860
Length180 ft (55 m)
Beam51 ft (16 m)
Draught16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Propulsion
  • Sails
  • screw assisted after 1860
Complement500
Armament
  • 50 guns
  • Upper deck
  • 28 × 32-pounder guns (later 10 × 8-inch guns and 18 × 32-pounder guns)
  • Quarter deck
  • 14 × 32-pounder guns (later 10 × 8-inch guns and 4 × 32-pounder guns)
  • Forecastle
  • 8 × 32-pounder guns
  • 10 × 8-inch guns

HMS Sutlej was a Constance-class 50-gun fourth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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