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Converted 4th Rate sailing Frigates HMS Arethusa, HMS Constance, HMS Octavia, HMS Sutlej. These conversions were planned as a response to the French naval programme of 1860 which posed a threat to the Royal Navy's Supremacy at Sea. All four ships were converted at Pembroke Dockyard being re launched and completed in 1860 to 1862. |
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HMS Arethusa | 20th June 1849 | Scrapped 1934 |
HMS Constance | 12th March 1846 | Sold in 1875 |
HMS Octavia | 18th August 1849 | Scrapped 1876 |
HMS Octavia, 1861. |
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HMS Sutlej | 17th April 1855 | Scrapped 1869 |
HMS Aurora | 22nd June 1861 | Broken up in 1881 |
HMS Narcissus | 26th October 1859 | Scrapped soon after 1883 |
HMS Narcissus, 1860. |
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HMS Endymion | 18th November 1865 | Scrapped soon after 1885 |
HMS Endymion, 1866. |
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