Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Arrow | C J Mare & Co, Blackwall | 15.4.1854 | 26.6.1854 | 17.8.1854 | sold 5.1862 | ||
Beagle | C J Mare & Co, Blackwall | 15.4.1854 | 20.7.1854 | 3.9.1854 | sold 7.1863 | ||
Lynx | C J Mare & Co, Blackwall | 15.4.1854 | 22.7.1854 | 14.9.1854 | sold 5.1862 | ||
Snake | C J Mare & Co, Blackwall | 9.5.1854 | 6.9.1854 | 4.11.1854 | sold 1864 | ||
Viper | R & H Green, Blackwall | 12.4.1854 | 23.7.1854 | 25.9.1854 | sold 5.1862 | ||
Wrangler | R & H Green, Blackwall | 19.4.1854 | 19.6.1854 | 2.9.1854 | BU 5.1866 |
Displacement normal, t |
586 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
48.8 pp |
Breadth, m |
7.72 |
Draught, m |
3.56 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
Power, h. p. |
Arrow: 594ihp Snake: 460ihp Viper: 673ihp Wrangler: 551ihp |
Max speed, kts |
Arrow: 11 Snake: 10.3 Viper: 11.9 Wrangler: 10.1 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML |
Complement |
65 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled despatch vessels, reclassed as 2nd class gunvessels in 1856.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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