HMS Highflyer (1851)

Profile of Highflyer dated 1863
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Highflyer
Ordered	25 April 1847
Builder	C J Mare & Co., Leamouth Wharf
Cost	£56,075
Laid down	January 1850
Launched	13 August 1851
Commissioned	10 April 1852
Fate	Broken up May 1871, at Portsmouth
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Highflyer-class corvette
Displacement	1,737 1⁄2 tons
Tons burthen	1,153 bm
Length	192 ft (59 m) oa 167 ft 3+3⁄4 in (50.997 m) pp
Beam	36 ft 4 in (11.07 m)
Draught	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
Installed power	702 ihp (523 kW)
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Single screw
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	9.4 kn (17.4 km/h) under steam
Armament	As built: 21 guns: 1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun 20 × 32-pounder (42cwt) long guns Later: 1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun 18 × 8-inch guns

HMS Highflyer was a 21-gun wooden screw frigate (later re-designated a corvette) of the Royal Navy. She was built on the River Thames by C J Mare and launched on 13 August 1851. She spent twenty years in service, including action in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War, before being broken up at Portsmouth in May 1871.