HMS ''Magicienne'' was the
lead ship of
her class of two 16-gun, steam-powered second-class
paddle frigate
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s built for the
Royal Navy in the 1850s.
Commissioned in 1853 she played a small role in the
Crimean War of 1854–1855 and was sold for
scrap
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in 1866.
Design and construction
The ''Magicienne''-class ships had a length at the
gun deck of and at the
keel. They had a
beam of , and a depth of
hold of . ''Magicienne''s
tonnage was 1,258
tons
burthen
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and she had a
draught of . Their crew numbered 175 officers and
ratings.
[Winfield, p. 1432]
The ships were fitted with a pair of 2-cylinder
oscillating steam engines, rated at 400
nominal horsepower, that drove their
paddlewheels. The engines produced in service that gave them speeds of . The ships were armed with eight 32-pounder (56 cwt)
["Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 56 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.] cannon on the
gundeck
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. On the upper deck were one each 68-pounder (95 cwt) and a (85 cwt) shell guns as well as four more 32-pounders.
[Lyon & Winfield, p. 155]
''Magicienne'' and her
sister ship
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were originally ordered on 25 April 1847 as first-class
sloops to John Edye's design, approved on 12 August 1847. On 5 August they were re-ordered as vessels. When completed, they constituted the last group of paddle warships built for the Royal Navy.
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Career
''Magicienne'' was laid down at Pembroke Dockyard in September 1847, launched on 7 March 1849 and completed on 20 February 1853. The ship was sent to the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. She was sold for scrap to Marshall of Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
in September 1866.[
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1849 ships
Frigates of the Royal Navy
Victorian-era frigates of the United Kingdom
Ships built in Pembroke Dock