HMS Amphion (1846)

HMS Amphion was a 36-gun wooden hulled screw frigate of the Royal Navy. She was initially ordered as a sail powered ship, but later reordered as a prototype screw frigate conversion.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Amphion.

Amphion in 1848
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Amphion
Ordered
  • 13 May 1828 (as sail frigate)
  • 18 June 1844 (as screw frigate)
Builder
  • Woolwich Dockyard
  • Machinery by Miller, Ravenhill & Co
Laid down15 April 1840
Launched14 January 1846
Commissioned13 May 1847
RenamedOrdered as HMS Ambuscade, renamed HMS Amphion on 31 March 1831
FateSold for breaking up on 12 October 1863
General characteristics as built
Class and type36-gun frigate
Tons burthen1474 bm
Length177 ft (53.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam43 ft 2 in (13.2 m)
Draught19 ft 2 in (5.8 m)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder (48in diam., 48in stroke) horizontal single expansion, direct acting engine
  • Single screw
  • 300 nhp (592 ihp)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speed6.75 knots (12.5 km/h)
Complement320
Armament
  • 36 guns
  • Middle deck: 6 × 8in (65cwt) shell guns + 14 × 32-pounder (56cwt)
  • Upper deck: 2 × 68-pounder 95 cwt + 14 × 32-pounder (42cwt)
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