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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Buzzard			Pembroke DYd	10.1847	24.3.1849	8.11.1850	BU 9.1883

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1530
Displacement full, t
Length, m	56.4 pp
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	2.61
No of shafts	2 side wheels
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl SE oscillating
Power, h. p.	300nhp 853ihp
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 84cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML
Complement	100

Project history

2nd class sloop. John Edye design, approved in 1847. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.