NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cormorant			Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall // Chatham DYd	20.6.1859	9.2.1860	3.1862	sold 6.1870
Racehorse			Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall // Chatham DYd	20.6.1859	19.3.1860	1863	wrecked 4.11.1864
Serpent			C J Mare & Co, Millwall // Woolwich DYd	27.6.1859	23.6.1860	4.1865	sold 4.1875
Star			C J Mare & Co, Millwall // Woolwich DYd	27.6.1859	15.12.1860	5.1865	BU 3.1877
Eclipse			J Scott Russell, Millwall // Woolwich DYd	8.8.1859	18.9.1860	2.1861	BU 7.1867
Lily			J Scott Russell, Millwall // Woolwich DYd	8.8.1859	27.2.1861	12.1863	BU 10.1867
Sylvia			Woolwich DYd	7.5.1860	20.3.1866	10.1866 // ---	completed as survey ship
Nassau			Pembroke DYd	20.6.1860	20.2.1866	7.1866 // ---	completed as survey ship
Myrmidon			Chatham DYd	24.7.1860	5.6.1867	10.1867	survey ship 1884
Tartarus			Pembroke DYd	25.10.1860	---	---	cancelled 12.1864
Pegasus			Woolwich DYd	13.1.1862	---	---	cancelled 12.1863
Albatross			Chatham DYd	1862	---	---	cancelled 12.1862

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	877
Displacement full, t
Length, m	56.4 pp
Breadth, m	8.64
Draught, m	3.66
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Cormorant: 727ihp Racehorse: 732ihp Serpent: 774ihp Star: 892ihp Eclipse: 838ihp Lily: 799ihp Sylvia: 689ihp Nassau: 735ihp Myrmidon: 782ihp
Max speed, kts	Cormorant: 11.2 Racehorse: 10.9 Serpent: 10 Star: 11.1 Eclipse: 11 Lily: 11.5 Sylvia: 10.3 Nassau: 10.6 Myrmidon: 10.8
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 110pdr BL, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr shell SBML
Complement	90

Project history

Wooden-hulled 1st class gunvessels, 4 guns. Guernsey was cancelled before she was laid down.

Modernizations

1860s, all survived: were armed with 1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 6.5ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr MLR

Naval service

Racehorse wrecked near Chefoo (china) 4.11.1864.