HMS Euryalus (1853)

HMS Euryalus was a fourth-rate wooden-hulled screw frigate of the Royal Navy, with a 400-horsepower (300 kW) steam engine that could make over 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). She was launched at Chatham in 1853, was 212 feet long, displaced 3,125 tons and had a complement of 515 (this varied slightly as the Naval Standards varied). At the time of the Bombardment of Kagoshima she carried 35 guns, not counting approximately 16 carronades. Seventeen of her guns were breech-loading Armstrong guns. She carried 230 tons of coal, and provisions for about three months, together with over 70 tons of shot and shell.

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

Euryalus leading the line of battle during the Bombardment of Kagoshima, 1863
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Euryalus
NamesakeEuryalus
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Launched5 October 1853
Decommissioned23 September 1865
FateBroken up, 1867
General characteristics
TypeScrew frigate
Displacement3,125 tons
Tons burthen2,371 tons bm
Length212 ft (65 m) o/a
Beam50 ft 2 in (15.29 m)
Depth16 ft 9 in (5.11 m)
PropulsionSteam engine, 400 hp (300 kW), single screw
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement515
Armament
  • Main-deck:
  • 28 × 8-inch (204 mm) 65 cwt guns
  • Quarter-deck and forecastle:
  • 22 × 32-pounder guns
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