NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pearl			Woolwich DYd	1.1854	13.2.1855	25.1.1856	sold 8.1884
Satellite			Devonport DYd	8.7.1854	26.9.1855	23.12.1856	BU 12.1879
Cadmus			Chatham DYd	10.5.1855	20.5.1856	4.6.1859	BU 9.1879
Scout			Woolwich DYd	10.1854	31.12.1856	9.7.1859	BU 3.1877
Scylla			Sheerness DYd	4.1.1855	19.6.1856	15.8.1859	sold 11.1882
Charybdis			Chatham DYd	29.3.1856	1.6.1859	19.11.1860	to Canadian Government 10.1880
Pelorus			Devonport DYd	25.3.1856	5.2.1857	10.9.1857	BU 2.1869
Challenger			Woolwich DYd	3.10.1855	13.2.1856	28.5.1861	survey ship 1872
Racoon			Chatham DYd	21.4.1856	25.4.1857	8.2.1858	BU 8.1877
Clio			Sheerness DYd	25.6.1856	26.8.1858	18.9.1859	TS 1876

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2187
Displacement full, t
Length, m	68.7 oa 61.0 pp
Breadth, m	12.3
Draught, m	5.74 - 6.25
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Pearl, Satellite, Cadmus, Scout, Scylla, Challenger: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk Charybdis, Pelorus, Racoon, Clio: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Pearl: 1324ihp Satellite: 1214ihp Cadmus: 1526ihp Scout: 1327ihp Scylla: 1376ihp Charybdis: 1363ihp Pelorus: 1408ihp Challenger: 1450ihp Racoon: 1651ihp Clio: 1540ihp
Max speed, kts	Pearl: 11.3 Satellite: 10.6 Cadmus: 11.8 Scout, Pelorus: 10.9 Scylla: 10.8 Charybdis: 10 Challenger: 10.7 Racoon: 11.4 Clio: 11.2
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 204/10 8'' 42cwt shell SBML
Complement

Project history

Wooden-hulled 21-gun 1st class corvettes. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1853.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.