Английская Википедия:HMS Penguin (1838)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Penguin was a six-gun Шаблон:Sclass packet brig built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.
Description
Penguin had a length at the gundeck of Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert at the keel. She had a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a draught of Шаблон:Convert and a depth of hold of Шаблон:Convert. The ship's tonnage was 360 Шаблон:Fraction tons burthen.[1] The Alert class was initially armed with a pair of 6-pounder cannon and four 12-pounder carronades. Later they were equipped with six 32-pounder or eight 18-pounder cannon.[2] The ships had a crew of 44 officers and ratings.[3]
Construction and career
Penguin, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 14 April 1836, laid down in November 1836 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 10 April 1838.[3] She was completed on 21 September 1838 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 24 July of that year.[1]
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