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UNITED KINGDOM
CRUISERS
GREYHOUND screw sloops (1859-1860)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greyhound | Pembroke DYd | 12.1856 | 15.6.1859 | 6.2.1860 | harbour service 9.1869 | ||
| Mutine | Deptford DYd | 1.6.1857 | 30.7.1859 | 26.11.1859 | sold 2.1870 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1260 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 52.6 pp |
| Breadth, m | 10.1 |
| Draught, m | 4.57 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
| Power, h. p. | Greyhound: 743ihp Mutine: 786ihp |
| Max speed, kts | Greyhound: 9.8 Mutine: 10.3 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | 1 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 58cwt MLSB, 16 x 1 - 160/13 32pdr 32cwt MLSB |
| Complement | 165 |
Project history
17-gun wooden-hulled sloops, 1855 design, Cruizer class adapted to 200nhp engines. Later reclassed as corvettes.
Modernizations
1860s, both: - 1 x 1 - 163/18, 4 x 1 - 160/13; + 5 x 1 - 126/23 40pdr 58cwt BL
Naval service
No significant events.
