HMS Bristol (1861)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Bristol |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 16 September 1859 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1861 |
| Completed: | October 1865 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up December 1883 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bristol-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,996 long tons (4,060 t) |
| Length: | 250 ft (76.2 m) |
| Beam: | 52 ft (15.8 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft 5 in (6.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,088 ihp (1,557 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft, 1 Steam engine |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 550-600 |
| Armament: | Thirty 8-inch (203 mm) muzzle-loading smoothbore guns Twenty 32-pounder muzzle-loading smoothbore guns |
HMS Bristol was a Bristol-class wooden screw frigate of the Royal Navy.
'An analysis of ship air and its effect'[1] was made and reported during a four months' voyage (July to November 1871) from the Cape of Good Hope to England. This gives an insite to the conditions on board and concludes 'Seamen, as a body, are neither healthy nor long lived, but the reverse. This is proved, first, by their low average age, said to be 33'. A description of the ship layout is also given, the upper tier contained the Main deck, Upper, Half deck, Study, Mess room & Main deck cabins. Middle tier contained the Lower deck, Steerage, Ward room, Chest (cadets' sleeping)room and steerage cabins Do., & Pantry. The Lowest tier Stokehole, Engine room, Screw alley, Cockpit, Store room & Cells. It also states the ship had four boilers.
References
- ↑ ='An analysis of ship air and its effect' ALEXANDER RATTRAY, M.D. EDIN. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1988910/pdf/medcht00004-0221.pdf
Notes
- "Various British Screw Frigates". Warship International (Toledo, OH: Naval Records Club) V (4): 323. 1968.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif: The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889 Chatham Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
- Naval Database http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00685.html
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