Cruizer-class sloop

For other Cruizer class ships, see Cruizer class.

HMS Cruizer
Lark (ex-Cruizer), shown at Malta in 1894.
Class overview
NameCruizer-class sloops
Builders
  • Pembroke Royal Dockyard
  • Deptford Royal Dockyard
Operators Royal Navy
Cost£25,213 (Cruizer) – £36,743 (Alert)
Built1852–1856
In commission1852–1912
Completed6
Lost0
General characteristics
TypeWooden screw sloop
Displacement1,045 tons (except Cruizer at 960 tons)[1]
Tons burthen747+51⁄94 bm[1]
Length
  • 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
  • 140 ft 1.75 in (42.7165 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)[1]
Depth of hold17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)[1]
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine (geared in Cruizer)
  • Single screw[1]
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed6.6–8.8 knots (12.2–16.3 km/h; 7.6–10.1 mph) under power
Armament
  • One 32-pounder (56 cwt) pivot gun
  • Sixteen 32-pounder (32 cwt) carriage guns

The Cruizer class was a class of six 17-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1852 and 1856.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2004) pp. 213–215
  2. ^ "Royal Naval Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 16 November 2008.