HMS Beagle (1854)
An image of HMS Beagle and Wrangler by Sir Oswald Brierly, 1855 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Beagle |
| Ordered | 10 April 1854 |
| Builder | C J Mare & Company, Leamouth, London |
| Cost |
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| Laid down | 15 April 1854 |
| Launched | 20 July 1854 |
| Commissioned | 3 September 1854 |
| Fate | Sold to the Satsuma Domain in 1863 |
| Japan | |
| Name | Kenko (乾行) |
| Acquired | 1863 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arrow-class gunvessel |
| Displacement | 586 tons |
| Tons burthen | 476 68⁄94 bm |
| Length | 160 ft (48.8 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 8 in (3.6 m) (aft) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
| Installed power | 160 nhp |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Complement | 65 |
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HMS Beagle was a wooden-hulled Arrow-class second-class screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1863. She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy to use the name.