HMS Terrible (1845)

1845 engraving of HMS Terrible
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Terrible
Ordered	From Woolwich Dockyard on 22 July 1842 Re-ordered from Deptford Dockyard on 24 February 1843
Builder	Deptford Dockyard Engines by Maudslay, Sons & Field
Laid down	November 1843
Launched	6 February 1845
Completed	25 March 1846
Renamed	Ordered as HMS Simoom Renamed on 23 December 1842
Fate	Sold for breaking up on 7 July 1879
General characteristics
Type	First class steam paddle frigate
Displacement	3,189 tons
Tons burthen	1,847 7⁄94 bm
Length	226 ft 2 in (68.94 m) (overall) 196 ft 10.25 in (60.0 m) (keel)
Beam	42 ft 6 in (12.95 m)
Draught	27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion	4-cyl. (72 in diam., 8 ft stroke) direct-acting "Siamese" type engine 4 × tubular boilers 800 nhp 2,059 ihp
Speed	10.9kts under engines
Complement	200
Armament	Main deck: 4 × 68 pdrs 4 × 56 pdrs 3 × 12 pdrs Upper deck: 4 × 68 pdrs 4 × 56 pdrs

HMS Terrible was when designed the largest steam-powered wooden paddle wheel frigate built for the Royal Navy.