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Virago

HMS Virago

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeSteamer
WarCrimean War
Main guns2 × 10-inch/42-pounder (84 cwt) pivot guns

Paddle sloop, the only steamer in the allied squadron at Petropavlovsk; she towed the sailing frigates into position.

Photograph of British paddle sloop HMS Virago, probably while she was on the Australia station. Photo: not stated, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × 10-inch/42-pounder (84 cwt) pivot guns
  • 2 × 68-pounder guns (64 cwt)
  • 2 × 42-pounder (22 cwt) guns
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down15 November 1841
Launched25 July 1842
Commissioned29 July 1843
Displacement1,590 tons
Length180 ft (54.9 m)
Complement149 (later 160)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

25 July 1842

Siege of Petropavlovsk
Survived

30 August – 7 September 1854

Towed the frigates into position

Fate

Survived

Scrapped at Chatham Dockyard in 1876