Greyhound-class sloop

Class overview
NameGreyhound-class sloops
Builders
  • Pembroke Royal Dockyard
  • Deptford Royal Dockyard
Operators Royal Navy
Cost£41,394 (Greyhound) – £30,874 (Mutine)
Built1859
In commission1859–1869
Completed2
Lost0
General characteristics
Class and typeWooden screw sloop
Displacement1,260 tons[1]
Tons burthen877 53/94 bm
Length
  • 172 ft 6 in (52.58 m) (gundeck)
  • 172 ft 6 in (52.58 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)[1]
Installed power200 nhp
Propulsion
  • Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw[1]
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed6.6 to 8.8 kn (12.2 to 16.3 km/h) under power
Complement160
Armament
  • 5 × 40-pounder breech-loading gun
  • 12 × 32-pounder muzzle-loading cannon

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.

  1. ^ a b c Winfield (2004) p.216
  2. ^ "Royal Naval Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 16 November 2008.