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The class was a 21-gun corvette, mounting twenty 32-pounder (42 cwt) long guns in a broadside arrangement, and a single 10-inch 84-pounder (85 cwt) gun on a pivot. Both ships later swapped their broadside 32-pounders for eighteen 8-inch guns.
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were re-designated as corvettes in 1854. These ships were envisaged as steam auxiliaries, intended to cruise under sail with the steam engine available for assistance. Commensurately they were provided with a
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was provided with an oscillating two-cylinder inclined single-expansion steam engine, provided by the builders, was quite different from
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was given a geared two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine, provided by
Maudslay, Sons & Field, which developed 702
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396:(which went to the Australian Royal Mail Co.) The words of the Admiralty Order stated she should be "a wood screw vessel complete of
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to a design by the
Surveyor's Department of the Admiralty on 25 April 1847; she and her sister
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2-cylinder inclined single-expansion oscillating steam engine
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
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429:s, but developed broadly the same power — 657
756:Victorian-era corvettes of the United Kingdom
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433:(490 kW) — and drove a single screw.
418:(523 kW) and drove a single screw.
304:9.4 kn (17.4 km/h) under steam
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226:22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
218:15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
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325:20 × 32-pounder (42cwt) long guns
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622:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
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626:. London: Chatham Publishing.
370:was ordered as a small wooden
333:1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun
322:1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun
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403:s in exchange when built".
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751:Corvettes of the Royal Navy
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355:built in the 1850s for the
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545:J. Scott Russell & Co.
471:J. Scott Russell & Co.
389:was built in exchange for
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197: in (50.997 m)
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177:192 ft (59 m)
124:General characteristics
608:Winfield (2004), p. 207
383:full square sailing rig
465:was ordered from the
431:indicated horsepower
416:indicated horsepower
516:C J Mare & Co.
459:C J Mare & Co.
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295:Full-rigged ship
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683:-class corvette
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37:Class overview
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183:167 ft
161:Tons burthen
140:Displacement
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549:April 1853
532:, May 1871
71:Preceded by
27:Profile of
745:Categories
616:References
500:Completed
494:Laid down
407:Propulsion
357:Royal Navy
266:Highflyer:
260:Propulsion
237:Highflyer:
100:In service
65:Royal Navy
31:dated 1863
695:Highflyer
681:Highflyer
565:Citations
530:Broken up
510:Highflyer
497:Launched
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424:Highflyer
412:Highflyer
398:Highflyer
391:HMS
368:Highflyer
353:corvettes
347:Highflyer
315:As built:
291:Sail plan
249:657
239:702
108:Completed
103:1852–1871
95:1851–1854
83:HMS
53:Operators
46:Highflyer
29:Highflyer
642:52620555
491:Builder
469:yard of
467:Millwall
461:, while
437:Armament
393:Greenock
319:21 guns:
309:Armament
134:corvette
116:Scrapped
722:Pylades
473:on the
372:frigate
215:Draught
192:⁄
151:⁄
85:Pylades
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363:Design
329:Later:
172:Length
164:1,153
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503:Fate
488:Ship
481:Ships
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301:Speed
144:1,737
92:Built
48:class
720:HMS
638:OCLC
628:ISBN
344:The
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247:Esk:
207:Beam
156:tons
129:Type
74:None
42:Name
702:Esk
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463:Esk
457:by
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377:Esk
251:ihp
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