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HMS Amphion (1846)

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on 13 May 1828, but was renamed on 31 March 1831. She was laid down on 15 April 1840, but on 18 June 1844 she was reordered as a screw propelled frigate, to a design by White. She was duly launched on 14 January 1846, and commissioned on 13 May 1847. Her engines and machinery were provided by Miller,
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and was fired on by Russian artillery. One of her crew was killed and two were injured. She was sold to Williams on 12 October 1863 to be broken up.
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had cost £36,115 for her hull, with a further £16,673 spent on buying and fitting the machinery, which was installed at the
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2-cylinder (48in diam., 48in stroke) horizontal single expansion, direct acting engine
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She was reduced to 30 guns in 1848, but had been restored to 36 guns in 1856.
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In June 1855, she ran aground at 418:Ravenhill & Co, to a design by 288:177 ft (53.9 m) (gundeck) 13: 296:43 ft 2 in (13.2 m) 14: 961: 579: 386:was a 36-gun wooden hulled screw 304:19 ft 2 in (5.8 m) 905: 900: 585: 487: 258:General characteristics as built 153: 133: 32: 950:Maritime incidents in June 1855 560:Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, 186:18 June 1844 (as screw frigate) 43:needs additional citations for 1: 508: 183:13 May 1828 (as sail frigate) 563:The Sail and Steam Navy List 7: 480: 340:6.75 knots (12.5 km/h) 10: 966: 930:Frigates of the Royal Navy 18: 895: 736: 635: 437: 372:+ 14 × 32-pounder (42cwt) 365:+ 14 × 32-pounder (56cwt) 257: 147: 132: 16:Frigate of the Royal Navy 592:HMS Amphion (ship, 1846) 935:Ships built in Woolwich 540:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 453:among the batteries at 402:Design and construction 67:"HMS Amphion" 1846 475:Grand Duchy of Finland 458: 363:8in (65cwt) shell guns 567:, pub Chatham, 2004, 495:United Kingdom portal 455:Sandhamn, Helsingfors 448: 819:Aug (unknown date): 594:at Wikimedia Commons 465:, she served in the 52:improve this article 861:Dec (unknown date) 797:Jun (unknown date) 694:Imperatritsa Maria 459: 917: 916: 726:Queen of the Isle 590:Media related to 553:978-1-86176-281-8 411:Woolwich Dockyard 378: 377: 370:68-pounder 95 cwt 361:Middle deck: 6 × 320:300 nhp (592 ihp) 199:Woolwich Dockyard 128: 127: 120: 102: 957: 909: 904: 888: 878: 868: 857: 847: 836: 825: 815: 804: 793: 782: 771: 761: 750: 729: 713: 703: 675: 665: 655: 622: 615: 608: 599: 598: 589: 557: 528: 527: 519: 497: 492: 491: 490: 428:East India Docks 368:Upper deck: 2 × 331:Full-rigged ship 245:on 31 March 1831 162: 157: 137: 130: 129: 123: 116: 112: 109: 103: 101: 60: 36: 28: 965: 964: 960: 959: 958: 956: 955: 954: 920: 919: 918: 913: 891: 881: 871: 860: 850: 839: 828: 818: 807: 796: 785: 774: 764: 753: 743: 737:Other incidents 732: 716: 706: 678: 668: 658: 642: 631: 626: 582: 577: 554: 538:Colledge, J. 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Woolwich Dockyard
frigate
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Full-rigged ship
8in (65cwt) shell guns
68-pounder 95 cwt
frigate
Royal Navy
screw frigate
Woolwich Dockyard
John Ericsson
East India Docks
Sheerness

Sandhamn, Helsingfors

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