Lark (ex-Cruizer), shown at Malta in 1894.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Cruizer-class sloops |
Builders |
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Operators | Royal Navy |
Cost | £25,213 (Cruizer) – £36,743 (Alert) |
Built | 1852–1856 |
In commission | 1852–1912 |
Completed | 6 |
Lost | 0 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Wooden screw sloop |
Displacement | 1,045 tons (except Cruizer at 960 tons)[1] |
Tons burthen | 747+51⁄94 bm[1] |
Length |
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Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)[1] |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)[1] |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
Speed | 6.6–8.8 knots (12.2–16.3 km/h; 7.6–10.1 mph) under power |
Armament |
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The Cruizer class was a class of six 17-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1852 and 1856.[2]