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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rhadamanthus.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Rhadamanthus
Ordered	12 January 1831
Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Cost	£31,919
Laid down	September 1831
Launched	16 April 1832
Completed	2 November 1832
Fate	Broken up at Sheerness 1864
General characteristics
Type	Steam vessel
Displacement	1,086 long tons (1,103 t)
Tons burthen	813 (bm)
Length	164 ft 7 in (50.2 m) (gundeck) 143 ft 2 in (43.6 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft 10 in (10.0 m) (overall) 30 ft 8 in (9.3 m) (for tonnage)
Draught	11 ft 0 in (3.4 m) (forward) 13 ft 0 in (4.0 m) (aft)
Propulsion	Side-paddle, Maudslay, Sons and Field, 2-cylinder side-lever 220 nhp, 385 ihp (287 kW)
Speed	10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	135
Armament	1 x 10-inch 84 cwt on pivot mount 2 x 32 pdr 25 cwt 2 x 6pdr 6cwt brass

HMS Rhadamanthus was the first Royal Navy steam-ship to cross the Atlantic ocean.

Cost

The initial cost (excluding armament) was £31,919, made up of:

• £18,534 Building
• £2,197 Fitting
• £11,188 Machinery

References

{{Royal Navy paddle sloops}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhadamanthus (1832)}} [[Category:Paddle sloops of the Royal Navy]] [[Category:Plymouth-built ships]] [[Category:1832 ships]] [[Category:Victorian-era sloops of the United Kingdom]]