Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Cordelia | Pembroke DYd | 10.1855 | 3.7.1856 | 1856 | sold 5.1870 | ||
Racer | Deptford DYd | 1.10.1856 | 4.11.1857 | 22.7.1858 | BU 1876 | ||
Gannet | Pembroke DYd | 12.1856 | 29.12.1857 | 9.3.1859 | BU 2.1877 | ||
Icarus | Deptford DYd | 7.4.1857 | 22.10.1858 | 28.12.1859 | sold 1.1875 | ||
Pantaloon | Devonport DYd | 2.11.1857 | 26.9.1860 | 17.9.1861 | sold 9.1867 |
Displacement normal, t |
861 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
46.0 pp |
Breadth, m |
8.86 |
Draught, m |
4.34 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
Cordelia, Racer, Gannet, Pantaloon: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE Icarus: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk |
Power, h. p. |
Cordelia: 461ihp Racer: 522ihp Gannet: 617ihp Icarus: 608ihp Pantaloon: 484ihp |
Max speed, kts |
Cordelia: 9.9 Racer: 9.5 Gannet: 10.8 Icarus: 10.1 Pantaloon: 8.9 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 58cwt MLSB, 10 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt MLSB |
Complement |
120 |
Project history: 11-gun wooden-hulled sloops, lengthened version of Swallow of 1855 to obtain higher speed. Pantaloon was probably of Racer class, but this is unconfirmed.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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