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Ballard, G. A. (1938). "British Sloops of 1875: The Wooden Ram-Bowed Type".
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597:(July). Cambridge, UK: Society for Nautical Research: 302–17.
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Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
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602:Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
447:Sold in September 1885 and broken up in April 1886
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606:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
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403:Sold to Castle for breaking in December 1884
311:All the ships of the class were built with a
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835:Victorian-era sloops of the United Kingdom
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512:"Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website"
222:7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns
243:9 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns
226:2 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns
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825:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
653:. London: Chatham Publishing.
557:. London: Chatham Publishing.
281:Director of Naval Construction
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144:187 ft (57 m)
118:General characteristics
152:36 ft (11 m)
820:Amazon-class sloops
258:was a class of six
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61:Devonport Dockyard
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133:Displacement
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379:Start Point
277:Edward Reed
127:Screw sloop
814:Categories
291:Propulsion
201:Complement
176:Propulsion
170:horsepower
80:Royal Navy
307:Sail plan
191:Sail plan
136:1574 tons
102:Completed
97:1865–1885
89:1865–1866
68:Operators
669:52620555
573:52620555
352:Launched
319:Armament
215:As built
209:Armament
53:Builders
782:Eclipse
773:Rosario
285:ram bow
157:Draught
757:Nymphe
750:Daphne
729:Vestal
722:Amazon
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454:Daphne
392:Vestal
377:, off
375:Osprey
362:Amazon
333:Vestal
329:Nymphe
313:barque
301:Nymphe
297:Vestal
271:Design
254:Amazon
238:Vestal
236:&
195:Barque
141:Length
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784:class
775:class
743:Dryad
736:Niobe
490:Notes
436:Dryad
410:Niobe
355:Fate
339:Ships
325:Dryad
315:rig.
256:class
86:Built
29:Dryad
665:OCLC
655:ISBN
636:ISBN
612:ISBN
569:OCLC
559:ISBN
519:2008
480:1866
462:1866
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418:1866
400:1865
370:1865
346:Name
331:and
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123:Type
110:Lost
42:Name
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