HMS Cormorant (1842)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cormorant.
Career
Name: HMS Cormorant
Ordered: 18 March 1841
Builder: Sheerness Dockyard
Cost: £44,898
Laid down: 17 May 1841
Launched: 13 January 1842
Commissioned: 8 February 1843
Fate: Broken up on 17 August 1853
General characteristics
Class and type:Driver-class wooden paddle sloop
Displacement:1,590 tons
Tons burthen:1,055 62/94 bm
Length:180 ft (55 m)
Beam:36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold:21 ft (6.4 m)
Installed power:280 nhp
Propulsion:
  • Seaward & Capel 2-cylinder direct-acting steam engine
  • Paddles
Sail plan:Brig-rigged
Complement:149 (later 160)
Armament:
  • 2 × 10-inch/42-pounder (84cwt) pivot guns
  • 2 × 68-pounder guns (64cwt)
  • 2 × 42-pounder (22cwt) guns

HMS Cormorant was a Driver-class wooden paddle sloop of the Royal Navy that operated from 1843 to 1853.

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