HMS Cruizer (1852)

HMS Cruizer at Malta in 1894 (as HMS Lark)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cruizer
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Deptford
Cost	£25,213[1]
Launched	19 June 1852
Renamed	HMS Cruiser, 1857 HMS Lark, 1872
Fate	Sold at Malta in 1912
General characteristics
Class and type	Cruizer-class screw sloop
Displacement	960 tons[1][Note 1]
Tons burthen	747+51⁄94 bm[1]
Length	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck) 140 ft 1.75 in (42.7165 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)[1]
Depth of hold	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)[1]
Installed power	60 Nominal horsepower 132 ihp (98 kW)[1]
Propulsion	Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion geared steam engine[Note 2] Single screw[1]
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	6.6 knots (12.2 km/h; 7.6 mph)
Armament	(Removed 1872) One 32 pdr (56 cwt) pivot gun Sixteen 32 pdr (32 cwt) carriage guns

HMS Cruizer was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop, the name-ship of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1852. The spelling of her name was formally altered to HMS Cruiser in 1857. She became a sail training vessel in 1872 and was renamed HMS Lark. She was eventually sold for breaking in 1912.

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