HMS Miranda
Survived
| Type | Corvette |
|---|---|
| War | Crimean War |
| Main guns | 14 × 32-pdr (42cwt) MLSB guns |
Screw corvette. Bombarded the Solovetsky Monastery and burned Kola in the White Sea in 1854, then, under Captain Edmund Lyons, the admiral's son, led the flotilla into the Sea of Azov in 1855.
Armament and specifications
Armament
as built
- 14 × 32-pdr (42cwt) MLSB guns
- by 1856
- 1 × 68-pdr (87cwt) MLSB gun
- 10 × 32-pdr (42cwt) MLSB guns
- 4 × 20-pdr RBL guns
| Builder | Royal Dockyard, Sheerness |
|---|---|
| Laid down | September 1848 |
| Launched | 18 March 1851 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 1854 |
| Displacement | 1,523 tons |
| Length | 196 ft 0 in (59.74 m) gundeck 169 ft (52 m) keel for tonnage |
| Speed | 10.75 kn (19.91 km/h) under power |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
18 March 1851
18–19 July 1854
Kerch and the Sea of Azov
Survived
24 May – June 1855
Captain Lyons's ship
Fate
Survived
Sold for breaking 2 December 1869