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Hms Sidon (1846)The first HMS Sidon (1846) was a first-class paddle frigate designed by Sir Charles Napier. Her keel was laid down May 26, 1845 at Deptford Dockyard, and she was launched on May 26, 1846. She had a fairly short career for a warship, but it included the rescue of the crew of the sinking Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation vessel Ariel on May 28, 1848, and a trip up the Nile that same year. She was broken up in July 1864. General Characteristics - Displacement: 1316 tons
- Length: 211 feet (64 m)
- Beam: 37 feet (11.2 m)
- Draught: 27 feet (8.2 m)
- Engines: two direct-acting Seaward engines making 560 horsepower (420 kW)
- Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h)
- Armament
- Middle Deck
- 14 eight inch (203 mm)/60 hundredweight (3 t) guns
- two 68 pounder (31 kg)/88 hundredweight (4.5 t) pivots (fore and aft)
- Quarter Deck: four eight inch (203 mm)/52 hundredweight (2.6 t) on slides
- Fo'c'sle: two eight inch (203 mm)/52 hundredweight (2.6 t) on slides.
- Silhouette: 3 masts, 2 funnels
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