HMS Trident (1845)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Trident
Ordered	13 April 1843
Builder	Ditchburn & Mare, Leamouth
Cost	c. £41,366
Laid down	1845
Launched	16 December 1845
Commissioned	8 August 1846
Fate	Broken up by Castle at Charlton January 1866
General characteristics
Type	Third-class iron paddle sloop
Displacement	903 tons
Tons burthen	850 26/94 bm
Length	180 ft (55 m) (gundeck); 161 ft 1 in (49.1 m) (keel);
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Installed power	350 nhp
Propulsion	Boulton, Watt & Co two-cylinder oscillating steam engine; Side paddles;
Speed	9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) under steam
Complement	135
Armament	2 × 10-inch (85 cwt) guns; 2 (later 4) × 32-pounder gunnades;

HMS Trident was an iron paddle sloop built for the Royal Navy by Ditchburn & Mare in 1845 at Leamouth, London. She served in the Mediterranean, off West Africa and in the South Atlantic, and was broken up in 1866.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Trident
Ordered	13 April 1843
Builder	Ditchburn & Mare, Leamouth
Cost	c. £41,366
Laid down	1845
Launched	16 December 1845
Commissioned	8 August 1846
Fate	Broken up by Castle at Charlton January 1866
General characteristics
Type	Third-class iron paddle sloop
Displacement	903 tons
Tons burthen	850 26/94 bm
Length	180 ft (55 m) (gundeck) 161 ft 1 in (49.1 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Installed power	350 nhp
Propulsion	Boulton, Watt & Co two-cylinder oscillating steam engine Side paddles
Speed	9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) under steam
Complement	135
Armament	2 × 10-inch (85 cwt) guns 2 (later 4) × 32-pounder gunnades