| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Spartan | Plymouth DYd | 6.1838 | 16.8.1841 | 28.11.1841 | sold 5.1862 | ||
| Iris | Pembroke DYd | 9.1838 | 14.7.1840 | 11.1.1841 | lent mercantile 1864 | ||
| Juno, 1.1878- Atalanta | Pembroke DYd | 4.1842 | 1.7.1844 | 31.10.1845 | water police ship 4.1862-1/1878, seagoing TS 1.1878, lost 2.1880 | ||
| Creole | Plymouth DYd | 4.1842 | 1.10.1845 | 14.10.1845 | lent mercantile 2.1870 | ||
| Amethyst | Plymouth DYd | 4.1843 | 7.12.1844 | 2.2.1845 | lent mercantile 1864 | ||
| Alarm | Sheerness DYd | 9.1843 | 22.4.1845 | 4.12.1845 | coal depot 8.1861 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Spartan, Iris, Alarm: 912bm Juno, Creole, Amethyst: 923bm |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
39.9 gundeck |
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Breadth, m |
12.4 |
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Draught, m |
3.28 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
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Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
18 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML, 8 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML gunnades |
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Complement |
240 |
Project history: 26-gun 6th rate corvettes. William Symonds design of 1837, modified Vestal. Malacca and Niobe were ordered but never completed to this design. Niobe was reordered as Diamond class corvette and Malacca as screw ship.
Modernizations: 1840s, all: - 18 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt; + 2 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 56cwt SBML, 16 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML
Naval service: Atalanta was lost 12-16.2.1880, presumably foundered near Bermuda.
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