HMS Briton (1869)

HMS Briton was a Briton-class wooden screw corvette built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s.

History
UK
Name: HMS Briton
Builder: Sheerness Dockyard
Laid down: 1868
Launched: 6 November 1869
Completed: November 1871
Fate: Sold, 1887
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Briton-class wooden screw corvette
Displacement: 1,831 long tons (1,860 t)
Tons burthen: 1,322 bm
Length: 220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p)
Beam: 36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught: 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Installed power: 2,149 ihp (1,603 kW)
Propulsion:
Sail plan: Ship rig
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 220
Armament:

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      Bibliography

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