HMS Esk (1854)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Esk.
HMS Esk was a 21-gun Highflyer-class screw corvette launched on 12 June 1854 from J. Scott Russell & Co., Millwall.[2] She saw action in the Crimean War, the Second Opium War and the Tauranga Campaign in New Zealand, and was broken up at Portsmouth in 1870.
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Profile of Esk's sister-ship Highflyer dated 1863 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Esk |
Ordered | 18 August 1852 |
Builder | J. Scott Russell & Co., Millwall |
Laid down | April 1853 |
Launched | 12 June 1854 |
Commissioned | 21 December 1854 |
Decommissioned | 1868 |
Fate | Broken up at Portsmouth in 1870 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Highflyer-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,737 1⁄2 tons |
Tons burthen | 1,153 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 36 ft 4 in (11.07 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) |
Depth of hold | 22 ft 8 in (6.91 m) |
Installed power | 657 ihp (490 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Speed | 9.4 kn (17.4 km/h) under steam |
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