Frigates


HMS Boadicea


Class Bacchante-class
Sister ShipsBacchante, Euryalus
Crew375 - 420
Weight11,000
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod-steam engine, Coal-fired Normand boilers
Armament14 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
2 × Whitehead torpedo carriages
BuiltPortsmouth, 1876
Speed15 Knots
FateSold 1897
NotesSir Robert Scott served on this ship in his early career. This class of ships was the last one to be built of iron for the Royal Navy, with teak planking.


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