HMS Gorgon (1837)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gorgon.
HMS Gorgon was a wooden steam paddle sloop of 6 guns, launched in 1837. In 1840 she took part in the bombardment of Acre, and in 1843 was part of the Royal Navy squadron stationed in the River Plate during the Uruguayan Civil War. She was converted to a troopship and in 1858 assisted Agamemnon in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. She was sold for breaking in 1864.
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HMS Gorgon by Sir Oswald Walters Brierly. | |
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Name | HMS Gorgon |
Ordered | 10 July 1834[1] |
Builder | Royal Dockyard, Pembroke Dock[2] |
Laid down | July 1836[1] |
Launched | 31 August 1837 |
Commissioned | 30 August 1838[1] |
Decommissioned | 11 February 1864 |
Fate | Sold for breaking on 17 October 1864[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steam vessel (later, first-class sloop) |
Displacement | 1,610 long tons (1,640 t) |
Tons burthen | 1108 67/94 bm[1] |
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Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.4 m) |
Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m)[3] |
Depth of hold | 23 ft (7.0 m)[1] |
Installed power | 800 ihp (600 kW)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Schooner (later brig)[1] |
Speed | 9.5 kn (17.6 km/h)[1] |
Complement | 160 |
Armament |
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