| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Pearl | Woolwich DYd | 1.1854 | 13.2.1855 | 25.1.1856 | sold 8.1884 | ||
| Satellite | Devonport DYd | 8.7.1854 | 26.9.1855 | 23.12.1856 | BU 12.1879 | ||
| Cadmus | Chatham DYd | 10.5.1855 | 20.5.1856 | 4.6.1859 | BU 9.1879 | ||
| Scout | Woolwich DYd | 10.1854 | 31.12.1856 | 9.7.1859 | BU 3.1877 | ||
| Scylla | Sheerness DYd | 4.1.1855 | 19.6.1856 | 15.8.1859 | sold 11.1882 | ||
| Charybdis | Chatham DYd | 29.3.1856 | 1.6.1859 | 19.11.1860 | to Canadian Government 10.1880 | ||
| Pelorus | Devonport DYd | 25.3.1856 | 5.2.1857 | 10.9.1857 | BU 2.1869 | ||
| Challenger | Woolwich DYd | 3.10.1855 | 13.2.1856 | 28.5.1861 | survey ship 1872 | ||
| Racoon | Chatham DYd | 21.4.1856 | 25.4.1857 | 8.2.1858 | BU 8.1877 | ||
| Clio | Sheerness DYd | 25.6.1856 | 26.8.1858 | 18.9.1859 | TS 1876 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2187 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
68.7 oa 61.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
12.3 |
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Draught, m |
5.74 - 6.25 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Pearl, Satellite, Cadmus, Scout, Scylla, Challenger: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk Charybdis, Pelorus, Racoon, Clio: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
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Power, h. p. |
Pearl: 1324ihp Satellite: 1214ihp Cadmus: 1526ihp Scout: 1327ihp Scylla: 1376ihp Charybdis: 1363ihp Pelorus: 1408ihp Challenger: 1450ihp Racoon: 1651ihp Clio: 1540ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
Pearl: 11.3 Satellite: 10.6 Cadmus: 11.8 Scout, Pelorus: 10.9 Scylla: 10.8 Charybdis: 10 Challenger: 10.7 Racoon: 11.4 Clio: 11.2 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 204/10 8'' 42cwt shell SBML |
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Complement |
Project history: Wooden-hulled 21-gun 1st class corvettes. Surveyor's Department design, approved in 1853.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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