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by about 1869). With a length overall of 160 feet (49 m) and a beam of 30 feet 4 inches (9.25 m), they had a displacement of 913 tons. These were the last sloops constructed for the Royal Navy to retain all-wooden construction; their successors, the
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510:(later Hydrographer of the Navy) she surveyed around the Mediterranean and the East coast of Africa. She was broken up at Sheerness in 1877.
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1324:From Sail to steam, naval recollections 1878-1905
367:All the completed vessels, with the exception of
306:40-pounder (120 mm) Armstrong breech loading guns
279:40-pounder (120 mm) Armstrong breech loading guns
288:20-pounder (95 mm) Armstrong breech loading guns
300:7-inch (178 mm) 6.5-ton muzzle-loading gun
1295:-class sloops at Battleships-Cruisers website"
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184:30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
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894:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
688:Broken up at Sheerness in 1877
584:'s "Vampire Fleet", along with
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525:Thomas Nelson, 2nd Earl Nelson
345:Director of Naval Construction
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706:Broken up at Chatham in 1875
851:Cancelled 12 December 1863
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819:Cancelled 12 December 1863
803:Cancelled 12 December 1863
787:Cancelled 12 December 1863
771:Cancelled 12 December 1863
475:served a commission on the
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103:Chinese Imperial Customs
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160:General characteristics
544:served briefly in the
580:, she became part of
495:HMS Shearwater (1861)
395:and two 40-pounders.
322:was a class of seven
1504:Rosario-class sloops
527:and great nephew to
373:indicated horsepower
202:indicated horsepower
746:and sailed to join
550:East Indies Station
504:George Strong Nares
481:Mediterranean Fleet
113:Egyptian Government
829:Devonport Dockyard
797:Devonport Dockyard
736:Devonport Dockyard
700:Devonport Dockyard
646:Devonport Dockyard
572:Of all the class,
439:HMS Peterel (1860)
412:HMS Rosario (1860)
68:Devonport Dockyard
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1300:14 November
1262:14 November
1237:14 November
1212:14 November
1187:14 November
1162:14 November
1137:14 November
1112:14 November
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1062:14 November
1037:14 November
1012:14 November
987:14 November
962:14 November
937:14 November
341:Issac Watts
238:From c.1869
233:Ship-rigged
131:1862 - 1881
123:1860 - 1862
1498:Categories
1422:Shearwater
1322:. (1916).
1313:References
1105:Shearwater
1080:Shearwater
760:Enterprise
756:Circassian
677:Shearwater
506:and later
500:Shearwater
488:Shearwater
377:Shearwater
369:Shearwater
363:Propulsion
349:barque rig
274:: 11 guns:
258:Complement
208:Propulsion
200:436 - 627
92:Royal Navy
1436:Columbine
1205:Columbine
1180:Columbine
858:Citations
713:Columbine
542:Columbine
536:Columbine
223:Sail plan
144:Cancelled
136:Completed
78:Operators
1459:Camelion
1429:Royalist
1155:Royalist
1130:Royalist
914:52620555
695:Royalist
613:Launched
554:Royalist
521:Royalist
515:Royalist
453:Vanguard
386:Armament
295:: 3 guns
272:As built
266:Armament
229:As built
168:913 tons
60:Builders
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1401:Rosario
1387:Rosario
1293:Rosario
1005:Peterel
980:Peterel
955:Rosario
930:Rosario
841:Sabrina
825:Cynthia
793:Bittern
777:Acheron
641:Peterel
623:Rosario
444:Peterel
432:Peterel
417:Rosario
405:Rosario
337:Rosario
318:Rosario
293:By 1869
189:Draught
53:Rosario
36:Peterel
31:Rosario
1468:Amazon
1443:Africa
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593:Mohawk
587:Jasper
574:Africa
561:Africa
355:Amazon
343:, the
331:Design
173:Length
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1228:"HMS
1203:"HMS
1178:"HMS
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