HMS Dee (1832)
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HMS Dee was the first paddle steamer ordered for the Royal Navy, designed to carry a significant armament.[1][2] She was ordered on 4 April 1827 from Woolwich Dockyard.[3] She was designed by Sir Robert Seppings, Surveyor of the Navy and modified by Oliver Lang.[4] This vessel was considered as new construction as a previous vessel ordered as a flush deck Cherokee-class brig in 1824, had been renamed African in May 1825.[5] She was initially classed as a steam vessel (SV), and in 1837 reclassified as a steam vessel class 2 (SV2). She was converted to a troopship in May 1842 and as a second class sloop in 1846. She was converted into a storeship in 1868. She was broken at Sheerness in 1871.[6]
Dee, Thomas Pullen, Commander, when steaming at full speed in the gale of January 1857 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Dee |
Ordered | 4 April 1827 |
Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
Cost | £19,275 including fitting, £11,261 for machinery |
Laid down | October 1829 |
Launched | 5 April 1832 |
Completed | 26 August 1832 |
Commissioned | 9 June 1832 |
Decommissioned | 17 June 1871 |
Fate | Broken up at Sheerness 1871 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steam vessel |
Displacement | 907 long tons (922 t) |
Tons burthen | 704 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam |
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Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) (forward and aft) |
Depth of hold | 16 ft 4 in (5.0 m) |
Installed power | Maudslay, Sons and Field, 2-cylinder side-lever 200 nhp, 272 ihp (203 kW) |
Propulsion | Side-paddles |
Sail plan | Brigantine rig |
Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Armament |
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Dee was the third ship to carry this name since it was introduced for a 20-gun sixth rate, launched by Bailey of Ipswich on 5 May 1814 and sold on 33 July 1819 to Pitman.[7]