Greyhound-class sloop

Class overview
Name	Greyhound-class sloops
Builders	Pembroke Royal Dockyard Deptford Royal Dockyard
Operators	Royal Navy
Cost	£41,394 (Greyhound) – £30,874 (Mutine)
Built	1859
In commission	1859–1869
Completed	2
Lost	0
General characteristics
Class and type	Wooden screw sloop
Displacement	1,260 tons[1]
Tons burthen	877 53/94 bm
Length	172 ft 6 in (52.58 m) (gundeck) 172 ft 6 in (52.58 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)[1]
Installed power	200 nhp
Propulsion	Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Single screw[1]
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	6.6 to 8.8 kn (12.2 to 16.3 km/h) under power
Complement	160
Armament	5 × 40-pounder breech-loading gun 12 × 32-pounder muzzle-loading cannon

The Greyhound class was a development of the Cruizer-class sloop, and comprised two 17-gun wooden screw sloops. They were both launched in 1859 and saw service with the Royal Navy until 1870.^[2] The class was reclassified as corvettes in 1862.