HMS Driver (1840)

HMS Driver was a Driver-class wooden paddle sloop of the Royal Navy. She is credited with the first global circumnavigation by a steamship when she arrived back in England on 14 May 1847.

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

HMS Driver
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Driver
Ordered12 March 1840
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Cost£39,707
Laid downJune 1840
Launched24 December 1840
Commissioned5 November 1841
FateWrecked on 3 August 1861
General characteristics
Class and typeDriver-class wooden paddle sloop
Displacement1,590 tons
Tons burthen1,055 62/94 bm
Length180 ft (54.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
Installed power280 nhp
Propulsion
  • Seaward & Capel 2-cylinder direct-acting steam engine
  • Paddles
Sail planBrig-rigged
Complement149 (later 160)
Armament
  • As built:
  • 2 × 10-inch/42-pounder (84 cwt) pivot guns
  • 2 × 68-pounder guns (64 cwt)
  • 2 × 42-pounder (22 cwt) guns
  • After 1856:
  • 1 × 110 pdr Armstrong gun
  • 1 × 68-pounder (95 cwt) gun
  • 4 × 32-pounder (42 cwt) guns
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