| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Beacon | Chatham DYd | 17.8.1867 | 9.1869 | sold 12.1888 | |||
| Avon | Portsmouth DYd | 2.10.1867 | 11.1869 | sold 4.1890 | |||
| Gnat | Pembroke DYd | 26.11.1867 | 1868? | wrecked 15.11.1868 | |||
| Cracker | Portsmouth DYd | 27.11.1867 | 1868? | BU 1889 | |||
| Dwarf | Woolwich DYd | 28.11.1867 | 1868? | BU 4.1886 | |||
| Flirt | Devonport DYd | 4.1867 | 20.12.1867 | 12.1869 | sold 11.1888 | ||
| Fly | Devonport DYd | 4.1867 | 20.12.1867 | 8.1869 | sold 11.1887 | ||
| Elk | Portsmouth DYd | 10.1.1868 | 1868? | Coastguard 1887 | |||
| Boxer | Deptford DYd | 25.1.1868 | 1868? | sold 6.1887 | |||
| Thistle | Deptford DYd | 25.1.1868 | 1868? | sold 11.1888 | |||
| Hornet | Pearse, Lockwodd & Co, Stockton-on-Tees | 10.3.1868 | 1868? | sold 1889 | |||
| Rocket | London Eng. Co, Poplar | 8.4.1868 | 1868? | sold 12.1888 | |||
| Lynx | 53 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 25.4.1868 | 1868? | sold 12.1888 | ||
| Teazer | 363 | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead | 28.4.1868 | 1868? | BU 12.1887 | ||
| Midge | 76 | Randolph & Elder, Govan | 21.5.1868 | 1868? | sold 3.1907 | ||
| Pert | Reid & Co, Port Glasgow | 22.6.1868 | 1868? | sold 12.1888 | |||
| Hart | 98 | J & G Thomson, Glasgow | 20.8.1868 | 1868? | sold 12.1888 | ||
| Growler | James Lawrie, Whiteinch, Glasgow | 1.12.1868 | 6.1869 | sold 11.1887 |
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Displacement normal, t |
603 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
47.2 pp |
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Breadth, m |
7.62 |
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Draught, m |
2.90 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Beacon, Gnat, Elk, Boxer, Thistle, Hornet, Rocket, Teazer, Midge, Pert, Hart, Growler: sails+ 2 2-cyl HSE, trunk, boilers Avon, Cracker, Dwarf, Flirt, Fly, Lynx: sails + 2 2-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Beacon, Hornet: 506 Avon, Gnat, Cracker: 528 Dwarf: 495 Flirt: 532 Fly, Teazer: 489 Elk, Midge: 472 Boxer: 587 Thistle: 641 Rocket: 632 Lynx: 526 Pert: 502 Hart: 474 Growler: 696 |
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Max speed, kts |
Beacon, Fly: 9.6 Avon, Teazer, Growler: 10.3 Gnat, Dwarf, Lynx: 9.8 Cracker: 10 Flirt, Elk: 9.7 Boxer, Hornet: 9.9 Thistle: 10 Rocket: 10.4 Midge: 9.1 Pert: 9.2 Hart: 9.3 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 90 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 1 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 56cwt MLR, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94 |
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Complement |
80 |
Project history: Composite gunvessels, 4 guns. Edward Reed design. Built under the 1867-1868 Programme.
Modernizations: 1870s, Flirt, Hornet, Rocket, Lynx: - 1 x 1 - 160/16; + 1 x 1 - 178/16 MLR MK III
1870s, Avon, Elk: - 1 x 1 - 178/16; + 1 x 1 - 178/12 MLR?
Naval service: No significant events.
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