HMS Surprise (1856)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Surprise
Ordered	26 July 1855
Builder	Money Wigram and Son of Blackwall Yard
Cost	£33,356
Laid down	30 August 1855
Launched	6 March 1856
Commissioned	12 April 1856
Fate	Broken up in 1866
General characteristics
Class & type	Vigilant-class second-class despatch/gunvessel
Displacement	860 tons
Tons burthen	669 79/94 bm
Length	180 ft (54.9 m) (gundeck); 160 ft 7.5 in (49.0 m) (keel);
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m) (designed)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.27 m)
Installed power	200 nominal horsepower; 778 ihp (580 kW);
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	11 kn (20 km/h) under steam
Complement	80
Armament	As designed:; 2 × 68-pounder Lancaster guns on pivots; 2 × 12-pdr howitzers; As completed:; 1 × 7-inch/110-pdr breech loader; 1 x68-pdr muzzle-loading rifle; 2 × 20-pdr breech loaders;

HMS Surprise was a Vigilant-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Blackwall Yard, London in 1856 and broken up in Plymouth in 1866.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Surprise
Ordered	26 July 1855
Builder	Money Wigram and Son of Blackwall Yard
Cost	£33,356
Laid down	30 August 1855
Launched	6 March 1856
Commissioned	12 April 1856
Fate	Broken up in 1866
General characteristics
Class & type	Vigilant-class second-class despatch/gunvessel
Displacement	860 tons
Tons burthen	669 79/94 bm
Length	180 ft (54.9 m) (gundeck) 160 ft 7.5 in (49.0 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m) (designed)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.27 m)
Installed power	200 nominal horsepower 778 ihp (580 kW)
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Single screw
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	11 kn (20 km/h) under steam
Complement	80
Armament	As designed: 2 × 68-pounder Lancaster guns on pivots 2 × 12-pdr howitzers As completed: 1 × 7-inch/110-pdr breech loader 1 x68-pdr muzzle-loading rifle 2 × 20-pdr breech loaders