Swallow-class sloop

Class overview
Name	Swallow class
Preceded by	Cruizer class
Succeeded by	Racer class
Built	1854–1857
In commission	1856–1876
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	Sloop-of-war
Displacement	625 tons
Tons burthen	484+68⁄94 bm
Length	139 ft (42.4 m) (gundeck); 120 ft 6 in (36.7 m) (keel);
Beam	27 ft 10 in (8.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 5 in (4.1 m)
Installed power	60 nhp; 182–224 ihp (136–167 kW);
Propulsion	Single screw; two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine;
Sail plan	Barque rig
Speed	Approximately 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement	120
Armament	1 × 32 pdr gun (58 cwt) on pivot; 8 × 32 pdr (25 cwt) carronades;

The Swallow-class sloop was a 9-gun wooden screw sloop class of four ships built for the Royal Navy between 1854 and 1857.

Class overview

Name	Swallow class
Preceded by	Cruizer class
Succeeded by	Racer class
Built	1854–1857
In commission	1856–1876
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	Sloop-of-war
Displacement	625 tons
Tons burthen	484+68⁄94 bm
Length	139 ft (42.4 m) (gundeck) 120 ft 6 in (36.7 m) (keel)
Beam	27 ft 10 in (8.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 5 in (4.1 m)
Installed power	60 nhp 182–224 ihp (136–167 kW)
Propulsion	Single screw two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
Sail plan	Barque rig
Speed	Approximately 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement	120
Armament	1 × 32 pdr gun (58 cwt) on pivot 8 × 32 pdr (25 cwt) carronades