HMS Sepoy (1856)

Sepoy's sister ship, Raven
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Sepoy
Ordered4 October 1855
BuilderT & W Smith, North Shields
Cost£10,725
Laid down8 October 1855
Launched13 February 1856
Commissioned5 April 1856
FateBroken up 1868
General characteristics
Class & typeAlbacore-class gunboat of 1855
Displacement284 tons
Tons burthen232 68/94 bm
Length
  • 106 ft (32 m) (gundeck)
  • 93 ft 2+1⁄2 in (28.410 m) (keel)
Beam22 ft 0 in (6.7 m)
Draught6 ft 6 in (2.0 m)
Depth of hold8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion
  • Horizontal single-expansion, direct-acting steam engine
  • Three cylindrical boilers
  • Single screw
Speed7+1⁄2 kn (13.9 km/h)
Complement36 - 40
Armament
  • 1 × 68-pounder 95 cwt muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun aft
  • 1 × 32-pounder muzzle-loading smooth-bore gun fwd
  • 2 × 24-pounder howitzers on broadside trucks

HMS Sepoy was a 4-gun Albacore-class gunboat of the Royal Navy launched in 1856 and broken up in 1868.

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