| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Flying Fish | Pembroke DYd | 6.1855 | 20.12.1855 | 29.1.1856 | BU 8.1866 | ||
| Pioneer | Pembroke DYd | 7.1855 | 19.1.1856 | 31.5.1856 | sold 10.1864 | ||
| Victor | Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall | 24.5.1855 | 2.11.1855 | 1.4.1856 | sold 11.1863, later Confederacy Rappahannock | ||
| Intrepid | Money Wigram & Son, Blackwall | 24.5.1855 | 13.11.1855 | 4.4.1856 | sold 10.1864 | ||
| Roebuck | J Scott Russell, Millwall | 1.8.1855 | 22.3.1856 | 25.8.1857 | sold 1864 | ||
| Nimrod | J Scott Russell, Millwall | 1.8.1855 | 21.4.1856 | 23.2.1857 | sold 6.1865 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1042 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
61.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
9.25 |
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Draught, m |
3.81 full load |
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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. |
Flying Fish: 1302ihp Pioneer: 1150ihp Victor: 1166ihp Intrepid: 930ihp Roebuck: 1099ihp |
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Max speed, kts |
Flying Fish, Victor: 11.6 Pioneer: 11.3 Intrepid: 10.4 Roebuck: 11.4 Nimrod: 8.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML |
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Complement |
100 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled 1st class despatch/gunvessels, design was approved in 1855. Flying Fish and Pioneer were 'built on the diagonal principle'. Two more ships were ordered but not built. In 1859 all (Pioneer in 1860) were rerated as sloops, but reverted to gunvessels in 1862.
Modernizations: ~1860, all: were rearmed with 1 x 1 - 183/14 7'' 110pdr BL, 1 x 1 - 126/21 40pdr BL, 4 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL
Naval service: No significant events.
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