Class overview | |
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Name | Greyhound-class sloops |
Builders |
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Operators | Royal Navy |
Cost | £41,394 (Greyhound) – £30,874 (Mutine) |
Built | 1859 |
In commission | 1859–1869 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 0 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wooden screw sloop |
Displacement | 1,260 tons[1] |
Tons burthen | 877 53/94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)[1] |
Installed power | 200 nhp |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
Speed | 6.6 to 8.8 kn (12.2 to 16.3 km/h) under power |
Complement | 160 |
Armament |
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The Greyhound class was a development of the Cruizer-class sloop, and comprised two 17-gun wooden screw sloops. They were both launched in 1859 and saw service with the Royal Navy until 1870.[2] The class was reclassified as corvettes in 1862.