Alert-class sloop

Torch
Class overview
NameAlert-class sloops
BuildersSheerness Royal Dockyard
Operators Royal Navy
Built1894
In commission1894–1926
Completed2
Lost0
General characteristics
TypeScrew steel sloop
Displacement960 tons
Length180 ft (55 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power1,400 hp (1,044 kW)[2]
Propulsion
  • Three-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw[1]
Sail plan
Complement107[2]
Armament
ArmourProtective deck of 1 in (2.5 cm) to 1.5 in (3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers.[1]
Torch rigged as a barquentine circa 1900

The Alert class was a two-ship class of 6-gun[3] screw steel sloops[3] built for the Royal Navy in 1894.

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  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PB_Alert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Naval cruisers at battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 30 August 2008.