HMS Fawn (1856)
HMS Fawn Caught in a White Squall, Bass Straits, Australia by Richard Brydges Beechey, 1880 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Fawn |
| Ordered | 27 March 1852 |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down | 4 May 1854 |
| Launched | 30 September 1856 |
| Commissioned | 26 November 1859 |
| Decommissioned | 1884 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cruizer-class screw sloop |
| Displacement | 1,045 tons |
| Tons burthen | 747+51⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 8.7 knots (16.1 km/h; 10.0 mph) |
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HMS Fawn was a Royal Navy 17-gun Cruizer-class sloop launched in 1856. She served on the Australia, North America and Pacific stations before being converted to a survey ship in 1876. She was sold and broken up in 1884.