HMS Bloodhound (1845)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bloodhound.

History
United Kingdom
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 & 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

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,

She was broken up in 1866. ^{[2] [1]}

Boodhound attended the Reduction of Lagos , in December 1851

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 from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC   52620555.