Arrow-class gunvessel

HMS Beagle and Wrangler by Sir Oswald Brierly, 1855
Class overview
Name	Arrow class
Builders	C J Mare & Company, Leamouth R & H Green, Blackwall Yard Messrs. Rennie, Greenwich
Operators	Royal Navy Japanese Army Argentine Navy
Cost	£21,234 (Arrow) £24,860 (Wrangler)[1]
Built	1854
In commission	1854–1866, 1875-1902
Completed	7
Lost	0
General characteristics [1]
Displacement	586 tons
Tons burthen	476 68⁄94 bm
Length	160 ft (48.8 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught	11 ft 8 in (3.6 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Installed power	160 nhp 460–673 ihp (343–502 kW)
Propulsion	Single 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Single screw[1]
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Complement	65
Armament	2 × 68-pounder (95 cwt) Lancaster MLR on pivots 4 × 32-pounder (25 cwt) guns

The Arrow class comprised six second-class screw-driven vessels built as dispatch vessels for the Royal Navy in 1854, mounting six guns. In 1856 they were re-designated as second-class gunvessels. A seventh vessel was built for the Argentine Navy in 1875.