HMS Psyche (1862)
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NameHMS Psyche
Ordered1861
Builder
- Pembroke Dockyard
- Engines by John Penn and Sons
Laid down8 January 1861
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Psyche |
| Ordered | 1861 |
| Builder |
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| Laid down | 8 January 1861 |
| Launched | 29 March 1862 |
| Commissioned | 1862 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Psyche-class paddle despatch vessel |
| Displacement | 985 long tons (1,001 t) |
| Tons burthen | 835 bm |
| Length | 220 ft (67 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Installed power | 1,440 ihp (1,070 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2-cylinder oscillating steam engine |
| Armament | 2 × 20 pdr (9.1 kg) guns |
HMS Psyche was a wooden Psyche-class paddle despatch vessel built to an 1860 design by Isaac Watts. She was ordered from Pembroke Dockyard in and launched on 29 March 1862, having cost c. £43,000 to build.
She was at Suez for the opening ceremonies of the canal in 1869.[1]
She was wrecked on 15 December 1870 off Catania, Italy, while carrying a party including George Howard Darwin to observe the solar eclipse from Sicily. Her wreck was blown up in February 1871.
