History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bloodhound
Ordered	16 January 1844
Builder	Robert Napier and Sons, Govan
Yard number	10
Laid down	1844
Launched	9 January 1845
Commissioned	26 September 1845
Reclassified	Fitted as a tender to Sampson, 1849-51
Fate	Broken up in 1866
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Second-class gunvessel
Tons burthen	378 10/94 bm
Length	146 ft (44.5 m) (overall) 134 ft 4+1⁄2 in (41.0 m) (keel)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	2-cylinder side-lever engine 150 nhp
Sail plan	2-masted schooner
Complement	60
Armament	1 × 18-pounder (22cwt)^{[Note 1]} carronade on pivot 2 × 24-pounder (13cwt) carronades

HMS Bloodhound was an iron-hulled paddle gunvessel of the Royal Navy. She was built by Robert Napier and Sons at Govan, to a design drawn up by the builder. She was fitted as a tender to the paddle frigate Sampson at Portsmouth between 1849 and 1851,

She was broken up in 1866.^[2]^[1]

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b Winfield (2004), p. 176
^ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 42.

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

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