Highflyer-class corvette

	Profile of Highflyer dated 1863
Class overview
Name	Highflyer class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	HMS Pylades
Built	1851–1854
In service	1852–1871
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Wooden screw 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	Highflyer: 702 ihp (523 kW); Esk: 657 ihp (490 kW);
Propulsion	Highflyer:; 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw; Esk:; 2-cylinder inclined single-expansion oscillating 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;

The Highflyer-class corvettes were a pair of 21-gun wooden screw corvettes built in the 1850s for the Royal Navy.

Class overview
Profile of Highflyer dated 1863
Name	Highflyer class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	HMS Pylades
Built	1851–1854
In service	1852–1871
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics ^[1]
Type	Wooden screw 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	Highflyer: 702 ihp (523 kW) Esk: 657 ihp (490 kW)
Propulsion	Highflyer: 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine Single screw Esk: 2-cylinder inclined single-expansion oscillating 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