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The first pair were ordered on 18 April 1855, the second pair were ordered on 15 May 1855, and the final pair were ordered on 27 July 1855. A further two were ordered on 9 April 1856 from
Pembroke Dockyard, but were cancelled.
409:(690 kW) and 1,302 ihp (971 kW) through a single screw, giving a speed of about 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h). Twin funnels distinguished them from most other British classes of gunvessel.
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Sold as Scylla to Gordon
Coleman & Company in November 1863, who resold her later the same month to the Confederacy as the raider CSS
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The vessels of the class were designed to be barque-rigged, which required less manpower than the traditional
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and four 32-pounder (25cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore guns. This armament was later replaced with a single
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393:-class gunvessels were intended to serve in the shallow waters of the Black and Baltic seas during the
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built in 1855-56. They were rated as sloops from 1859 to 1862, and were scrapped by 1865.
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A two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine produced between 930
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The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889
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Sold to
Marshall on 7 October 1864 for breaking at Plymouth in 1865
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Send a
Gunboat: The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904
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Sold to
Marshall in October 1864 for breaking at Plymouth in 1865
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was sold to the
Confederate States of America as the raider
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Broken up by Castle, Charlton, arriving in August 1866
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4 × 32-pounder (25cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore guns
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2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
610:, which remained a gunvessel throughout the period
587:Sold to White, Cowes for breaking on 2 June 1865
569:Sold to Castle, Charlton for breaking in 1864
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294:About 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
714:(2nd ed.). London: Conway.
655:Winfield (2008) pp. 220–221
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335:7-inch/110-pounder breech loader
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678:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
435:68-pounder muzzle-loading rifle
320:68-pounder muzzle-loading rifle
682:. London: Chatham Publishing.
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635:Preston (2007), p. 149
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76:J. Scott Russell, Millwall
871:Intrepid-class gunvessels
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443:40-pounder breech loader
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223:200 ft (61 m)
545:Money Wigram & Sons
522:Money Wigram & Sons
385:Design and construction
185:General characteristics
111:Confederate States Navy
70:Money Wigram & Sons
708:; Major, John (2007).
389:Designed in 1855, the
30:in her later guise as
407:indicated horsepower
362:were a class of six
366:first-class wooden
260:nominal horsepower
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775:Flying Fish
480:Flying Fish
395:Crimean War
119:Preceded by
72:, Blackwall
865:Categories
672:References
401:Propulsion
368:gunvessels
364:Royal Navy
299:Complement
266:Propulsion
201:1,042 tons
98:Royal Navy
618:Citations
445:and four
413:Sail plan
281:Sail plan
169:Completed
156:1855-1865
148:1855-1856
84:Operators
37:in c.1864
835:Philomel
826:Vigilant
796:Intrepid
761:Intrepid
698:52620555
540:Intrepid
470:Launched
431:Intrepid
425:Armament
391:Intrepid
358:Intrepid
313:As built
307:Armament
177:Scrapped
137:Philomel
124:Vigilant
59:Builders
52:Intrepid
803:Roebuck
782:Pioneer
606:Except
558:Roebuck
498:Pioneer
239:Draught
161:Planned
810:Nimrod
789:Victor
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576:Nimrod
516:Victor
441:, one
372:Victor
285:Barque
220:Length
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28:Victor
837:class
828:class
594:Notes
473:Fate
453:Ships
328:Later
291:Speed
211:49/94
145:Built
139:class
126:class
716:ISBN
694:OCLC
684:ISBN
464:Name
429:The
376:CSS
345:4 ×
339:1 ×
333:1 ×
318:1 ×
258:350
231:Beam
209:868
190:Type
48:Name
32:CSS
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