HMS Esk (1854)

Profile of Esk's sister-ship Highflyer dated 1863
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Esk
Ordered18 August 1852
BuilderJ. Scott Russell & Co., Millwall
Laid downApril 1853
Launched12 June 1854
Commissioned21 December 1854
Decommissioned1868
FateBroken up at Portsmouth in 1870
General characteristics
Class & typeHighflyer-class corvette
Displacement1,737 1⁄2 tons
Tons burthen1,153 bm
Length
  • 192 ft (59 m) oa
  • 167 ft 3+3⁄4 in (50.997 m) pp
Beam36 ft 4 in (11.07 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
Installed power657 ihp (490 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder inclined single-expansion oscillating steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speed9.4 kn (17.4 km/h) under steam
Armament
  • As built:
  • 21 guns:
  • 1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun
  • 20 × 32-pounder (42cwt) long guns
  • Later:
  • 1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun
  • 18 × 8-inch guns

HMS Esk was a 21-gun Highflyer-class screw corvette launched on 12 June 1854 from J. Scott Russell & Co., Millwall. She saw action in the Crimean War, the Second Opium War and the Tauranga Campaign in New Zealand, and was broken up at Portsmouth in 1870.

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