HMS Beagle (1854)
Royal Navy Arrow-class gunvessel (1854–1863) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named HMS Beagle.
HMS Beagle was a wooden-hulled Arrow-class second-class screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1863. She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy to use the name.
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HMS Beagle and Wrangler by Sir Oswald Brierly, 1855 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Beagle |
Ordered | 10 April 1854 |
Builder | C J Mare & Company, Leamouth, London |
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Laid down | 15 April 1854 |
Launched | 20 July 1854 |
Commissioned | 3 September 1854[1] |
Fate | Sold to the Satsuma Domain in 1863 |
Japan | |
Name | Kenko (乾行) |
Acquired | 1863 |
Fate | Broken up in 1889 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Arrow-class gunvessel |
Displacement | 586 tons |
Tons burthen | 476 68⁄94 bm |
Length | 160 ft (48.8 m) |
Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 8 in (3.6 m) (aft) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
Installed power | 160 nhp |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
Complement | 65 |
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