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UNITED KINGDOM
CRUISERS
SWALLOW screw sloops (1854-1857)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curlew | Deptford DYd | 19.10.1852 | 31.5.1854 | 18.10.1854 | sold 8.1865 | ||
| Swallow | Pembroke DYd | 30.8.1853 | 12.6.1854 | 23.10.1854 | survey ship 1861 | ||
| Ariel | Pembroke DYd | 11.1853 | 11.7.1854 | 12.4.1855 | sold 5.1865 | ||
| Lyra | Deptford DYd | 8.7.1854 | 26.3.1857 | 11.12.1857 | BU 1876 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 625 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 42.4 pp |
| Breadth, m | 8.48 |
| Draught, m | 4.09 hold depth |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
| Power, h. p. | Swallow: 182ihp Ariel: 193ihp Lyra: 224ihp |
| Max speed, kts | Swallow: 6.6 Ariel: 6.8 Lyra: 7.5 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | 1 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt MLSB, 8 x 1 - 160/13 32pdr 32cwt MLSB |
| Complement | 100 |
Project history
9-gun wooden-hulled sloops, ordered as gunvessels, 1852 design. Built in response to Admiralty requirement for a 'type of screw vessel below the Cruizer', they were ordered as 1st class gunvessels but reclassified as sloops in 1854. Icarus, Cordelia and Gannet were later built as Racer class.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
