HMS Bloodhound (1845)

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, and was broken up in 1866.[2][1]

History
UK
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

Notes

1. 22 cwt is the weight of the gun ("cwt" = hundredweight)

References

1. Winfield (2004), p. 176
2. 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.