| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Cormorant | Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall // Chatham DYd | 20.6.1859 | 9.2.1860 | 3.1862 | sold 6.1870 | ||
| Racehorse | Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall // Chatham DYd | 20.6.1859 | 19.3.1860 | 1863 | wrecked 4.11.1864 | ||
| Serpent | C J Mare & Co, Millwall // Woolwich DYd | 27.6.1859 | 23.6.1860 | 4.1865 | sold 4.1875 | ||
| Star | C J Mare & Co, Millwall // Woolwich DYd | 27.6.1859 | 15.12.1860 | 5.1865 | BU 3.1877 | ||
| Eclipse | J Scott Russell, Millwall // Woolwich DYd | 8.8.1859 | 18.9.1860 | 2.1861 | BU 7.1867 | ||
| Lily | J Scott Russell, Millwall // Woolwich DYd | 8.8.1859 | 27.2.1861 | 12.1863 | BU 10.1867 | ||
| Sylvia | Woolwich DYd | 7.5.1860 | 20.3.1866 | 10.1866 // --- | completed as survey ship | ||
| Nassau | Pembroke DYd | 20.6.1860 | 20.2.1866 | 7.1866 // --- | completed as survey ship | ||
| Myrmidon | Chatham DYd | 24.7.1860 | 5.6.1867 | 10.1867 | survey ship 1884 | ||
| Tartarus | Pembroke DYd | 25.10.1860 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1864 | ||
| Pegasus | Woolwich DYd | 13.1.1862 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1863 | ||
| Albatross | Chatham DYd | 1862 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1862 |
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Displacement normal, t |
877 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
56.4 pp |
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Breadth, m |
8.64 |
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Draught, m |
3.66 |
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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. |
Cormorant: 727ihp Racehorse: 732ihp Serpent: 774ihp Star: 892ihp Eclipse: 838ihp Lily: 799ihp Sylvia: 689ihp Nassau: 735ihp Myrmidon: 782ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
Cormorant: 11.2 Racehorse: 10.9 Serpent: 10 Star: 11.1 Eclipse: 11 Lily: 11.5 Sylvia: 10.3 Nassau: 10.6 Myrmidon: 10.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 110pdr BL, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL, 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr shell SBML |
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Complement |
90 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled 1st class gunvessels, 4 guns. Guernsey was cancelled before she was laid down.
Modernizations: 1860s, all survived: were armed with 1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 6.5ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr MLR
Naval service: Racehorse wrecked near Chefoo (china) 4.11.1864.
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