HMS Undaunted (1861)
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.jpg) HMS Undaunted | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Undaunted |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | 28 May 1859 |
| Launched | 1 January 1861 |
| Completed | 16 July 1861 (for Reserve) |
| Commissioned | 2 March 1875 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up in November 1882 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bristol-class frigate |
| Displacement | 4,094 long tons (4,160 t) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 52 ft 1 in (15.9 m) |
| Draught | 22 ft 9 in (6.9 m) (loaded) |
| Installed power | 2,503 ihp (1,866 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Steam engine |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 550-600 |
| Armament |
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HMS Undaunted was a wooden screw frigate, the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.
She was the last of the Bristol-class, (which included Bristol, Glasgow' and Newcastle, as well as Undaunted; other ships ordered to the same design were cancelled).[1] She was built as a composite wooden-hulled vessel, built with a telescopic funnel and hoisting screws. She was ship rigged throughout,[2] It is thought that the installation of a wrought iron mast in HMS Undaunted may have been experimental.[3]
After launching, she went to Sheerness Dockyards for completion, and was then put straight into Reserve[2] She was commissioned under Captain Hugh Campbell, sailing for the East Indies[4] as the Flagship of Rear Admiral Reginald Macdonald.
Undaunted had some distinguished Captains, including Captain Harry Woodfall Brent, (1834–1911), who commanded Undaunted later in 1875.[5]
She was then commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bowden-Smith, East Indies, again as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Macdonald, then of Rear-Admiral John Corbett (until he transferred his flag to HMS Euryalus). In 1879, Undaunted, under Captain John D'Arcy, returned to Chatham,[6] where she was decommissioned and then scrapped in 1880.[7] She was finally sold in 1882.[2]
