Frigates


HMS Terrible, 1845


ClassPaddle-Wheel Frigate
Built1845
Weight3,189
Length226ft
Armament 8 x 68 pounder guns
8 x 56 pdr guns
3 x 12 pdr guns
1 x field gun
StationsChannel 1845 - 1847
Mediterranean 1847 - 1853
Crimea 1854 - 1856
FateHelped lay Atlantic Cable in 1866, Moved 'Bermuda' dry dock across Atlantic in 1869, Broken up in 1879
NotesHMS Terrible was the largest paddle wheel steamer ever built for the Royal Navy.


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