:::: Naval Vessels - GREAT BRITAIN - CRUISERS
PHOEBE*
Code - N1390
£1.35
Class - 8
Date - 1860
Description - H.M.S. PHOEBE N1390
Laid down as 50 gun sailing frigate of Indefatigable class
in 1848. Lengthened and converted to a screw frigate 1860.
Severn,.Leander, Phaeton, Severn, Sutlej, Octavia, Leander,
Arethusa & Constance,. also converted to this design.
Displacement 3,584 tons Speed 12 knots
Dimensions 206' x 52' x 16'
Armament 1 x 68 pdr
30 x 8” 65 cwt
20 x 32 pdr
Some carried fewer 8”replaced by 32 pdr’s, and total number of guns reduced in mid 60’s and again by 1870.
