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APPENDIX IV

A comparison of the main units of the British and French fleets in
1852, based upon Admiralty returns of French naval strength of 16
December 1851 and January 1852 (P.R.O. 30/22/9, 10), P.P. ( 1859), xv.
I. 502, and MLN/P/B/1d.

The British fleet
in 1852 		The French fleet
in 1852
Steam ships of the line afloat
Steam frigates afloat
Steam sloops and corvettes afloat
Sailing ships of the line afloat
Frigates (sail) afloat
Sloops and corvettes (sail) afloat 		7
24
56
66
88
84 		2
21
28
25
36
28

A note upon the British screw ships of the line and frigates hunched
between 1852 and 1854. The four block-ships had already been completed

Year Name Gun H.P. Tons Notes
1852



1853






1854




 Sans Pareil
Duke of Wellington
Agamemnon
Impérieuse
St. Jean d'Acre
Princess Royal
James Watt
Caesar
Cressy
Majestic
Euryalus
Royal Albert
Hannibal
Orion
Algiers
Exmouth 		70
131
91
51
101
91
91
90
80
80
51
121
91
91
91
90 		400
700
600
360
600
400
600
400
400
400
400
500
450
600
600
600 		2,239
3,771
3,162
2,358
3,200
3,129
3,083
2,767
2,540
2,566
2,371
3,726
3,136
3,281
3,340
3,109 		The tonnage given here is 'buil-
ders' old measurement'; tonnage
by displacement would increase
the figures given by one-half to
two-thirds. Thus the Duke of
Wellington displaced 6,070 tons.
The horse-power rating is nom-
inal. Another list of details is to
be found in Clowes, vi. 199. His
figures do not always correspond
with these. Clowes notes that
several of the British ships of
the line execeeded 10 knots, the
Orion achieving 12.5 knots, only
a knot less than the renowed
Napoléon.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Great Britain and Sea Power, 1815-1853. Contributors: C. J. Bartlett - author. Publisher: Clarendon Press. Place of Publication: Oxford. Publication Year: 1963. Page Number: 343.
    
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