NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Arrow			C J Mare & Co, Blackwall	15.4.1854	26.6.1854	17.8.1854	sold 5.1862
Beagle			C J Mare & Co, Blackwall	15.4.1854	20.7.1854	3.9.1854	sold 7.1863
Lynx			C J Mare & Co, Blackwall	15.4.1854	22.7.1854	14.9.1854	sold 5.1862
Snake			C J Mare & Co, Blackwall	9.5.1854	6.9.1854	4.11.1854	sold 1864
Viper			R & H Green, Blackwall	12.4.1854	23.7.1854	25.9.1854	sold 5.1862
Wrangler			R & H Green, Blackwall	19.4.1854	19.6.1854	2.9.1854	BU 5.1866

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	586
Displacement full, t
Length, m	48.8 pp
Breadth, m	7.72
Draught, m	3.56
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Arrow: 594ihp Snake: 460ihp Viper: 673ihp Wrangler: 551ihp
Max speed, kts	Arrow: 11 Snake: 10.3 Viper: 11.9 Wrangler: 10.1
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML
Complement	65

Project history

Wooden-hulled despatch vessels, reclassed as 2nd class gunvessels in 1856.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.