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Gorgon was designed by Sir William Symonds and was the first vessel to be fitted with direct-acting engines (in which the engine's cylinders are placed under the crankshaft), the engines being built by Seaward and Company. In addition to saving space over previous side-lever engines, they weighed 60 tons less. She was teak built with oak main beams, had a displacement of , and her paddle wheels were in diameter. She was laid down at Pembroke Royal Dockyard in July 1836 and launched on 31 August 1837.

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  • HMS Gorgon (1837)
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  • Gorgon was designed by Sir William Symonds and was the first vessel to be fitted with direct-acting engines (in which the engine's cylinders are placed under the crankshaft), the engines being built by Seaward and Company. In addition to saving space over previous side-lever engines, they weighed 60 tons less. She was teak built with oak main beams, had a displacement of , and her paddle wheels were in diameter. She was laid down at Pembroke Royal Dockyard in July 1836 and launched on 31 August 1837.
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  • HMS Gorgon by Sir Oswald Walters Brierly.
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  • Gorgon was designed by Sir William Symonds and was the first vessel to be fitted with direct-acting engines (in which the engine's cylinders are placed under the crankshaft), the engines being built by Seaward and Company. In addition to saving space over previous side-lever engines, they weighed 60 tons less. She was teak built with oak main beams, had a displacement of , and her paddle wheels were in diameter. She was laid down at Pembroke Royal Dockyard in July 1836 and launched on 31 August 1837.
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