| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Rosario | Deptford DYd | 13.6.1859 | 17.10.1860 | 7.1862 | to South Australia as hulk 1874 | ||
| Peterel | Devonport DYd | 5.12.1859 | 10.11.1860 | 3.1862 | light vessel 12.1877 | ||
| Rapid | Deptford DYd | 18.8.1859 | 29.11.1860 | 6.1862 | BU 9.1881 | ||
| Shearwater | Pembroke DYd | 2.4.1860 | 17.10.1861 | 12.1862 | BU 2.1877 | ||
| Royalist | Devonport DYd | 20.10.1860 | 14.12.1861 | 10.1863 | BU 9.1875 | ||
| Columbine | Deptford DYd | 16.5.1860 | 2.4.1862 | 5.1863 | BU 6.1875 | ||
| Africa | Devonport DYd | 22.12.1860 | 14.2.1862 | 13.8.1862 | to China 8.1862 (China) | ||
| Circassian (ex-Enterprise) | Deptford DYd | 1.5.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Acheron | Deptford DYd | 14.10.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Bittern | Devonport DYd | 17.12.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Fame | Deptford DYd | 2.12.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Cynthia | Devonport DYd | 2.12.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Sabrina | Pembroke DYd | 28.5.1861 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 |
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Displacement normal, t |
913 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
48.8 pp |
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Breadth, m |
9.25 |
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Draught, m |
4.82 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
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Power, h. p. |
Rosario: 436ihp Peterel: 478ihp Rapid: 460ihp Shearwater: 532ihp Royalist: 627ihp Columbine: 598ihp Africa: 530ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
Rosario: 9.2 Peterel, Shearwater: 9 Rapid: 9.1 Royalist: 9.3 Columbine, Africa: 9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 126/23 40pdr 58cwt BL, 4 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL, 6 x 1 - 160/13 32pdr 30cwt SBML |
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Complement |
150 |
Project history: 11-gun 3rd class wooden-hulled sloops. Isaac Watts design, approved in 1858.
Modernizations: by 1869, Rosario, Peterel, Rapid, Shearwater, Royalist, Columbine: were armed with 1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' ML, 2 x 1 - 126/23 40pdr BL
Naval service: No significant events.
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