Osprey-class sloop

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Class overview
Name	Osprey-class sloop
Operators	Royal Navy
Cost	Between £49,217 (Cormorant) and £56,221 (Pelican)
Built	1874–1877
In commission	1874–1949
Completed	5
Scrapped	5
General characteristics [1]
Type	Screw composite sloop
Displacement	1,130 long tons (1,150 t)
Length	170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p)
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Depth	19 ft 6 in (5.9 m)
Installed power	666–1,056 ihp (497–787 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine 3 × cylindrical boilers
Sail plan	Barque rig
Speed	9–12 knots (17–22 km/h; 10–14 mph)
Range	1,480 nmi (2,740 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	140
Armament	2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns 4 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns

The Osprey class was a Royal Navy class of screw-driven sloops built between 1874 and 1877. Nine additional ships were built to a revised design, the Doterel-class sloop. They were the first class of ship in the Royal Navy to use glass scuttles.