Intrepid-class gunvessel
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Intrepid-class gunvessels were a class of six Royal Navy first-class wooden gunvessels built in 1855-56. They were rated as sloops from 1859 to 1862,[Note 1] and were scrapped by 1865. Victor was sold to the Confederate States of America as the raider CSS Rappahannock, but she was interned by the French at Calais and never fulfilled her intended function.
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Victor in her later guise as CSS Rappahannock in c.1864 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Intrepid-class gunvessel |
Builders | |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Vigilant class |
Succeeded by | Philomel class |
Built | 1855-1856 |
In commission | 1855-1865 |
Planned | 8 |
Completed | 6 |
Scrapped | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Wooden gunvessel |
Displacement | 1,042 tons[1] |
Tons burthen | 868 49/94 bm |
Length | 200 ft (61 m) pp |
Beam | 30 ft 4 in (9.25 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)[1] |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
Installed power | 350 nominal horsepower[2] |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barque |
Speed | About 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Complement | 100 |
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