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Greyhound-class sloop

The Greyhound class was a development of the Cruizer-class sloop, and comprised two 17-gun wooden screw sloops. They were both launched in 1859 and saw service with the Royal Navy until 1870.[2] The class was reclassified as corvettes in 1862.

Class overview
NameGreyhound-class sloops
Builders
  • Pembroke Royal Dockyard
  • Deptford Royal Dockyard
Operators Royal Navy
Cost£41,394 (Greyhound) – £30,874 (Mutine)
Built1859
In commission1859–1869
Completed2
Lost0
General characteristics
Class and typeWooden screw sloop
Displacement1,260 tons[1]
Tons burthen877 53/94 bm
Length
  • 172 ft 6 in (52.58 m) (gundeck)
  • 172 ft 6 in (52.58 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)[1]
Installed power200 nhp
Propulsion
  • Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw[1]
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed6.6 to 8.8 kn (12.2 to 16.3 km/h) under power
Complement160
Armament
  • 5 × 40-pounder breech-loading gun
  • 12 × 32-pounder muzzle-loading cannon

Design

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The Greyhound class were a lengthened version of the wooden sloops of the Cruizer class, with an uprated steam engine. The combination of greater length (allowing greater hydrodynamic efficiency) and more power gave an increase in top speed from 6 knots in the Cruizers to 10 knots in the Greyhounds.[1]

Propulsion

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Their two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines generated an indicated horsepower of between 743 ihp (554 kW) and 786 ihp (586 kW); driving a single screw, this gave a maximum speed of between 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h) and 10.2 knots (18.9 km/h).[1]

Sail plan

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Both ships of the class were built with a barque-rig sail plan.[1]

Armament

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Both ships of the class were provided with five 40-pounder breech-loading guns and twelve 32-pounder muzzle-loading smoothbore carriage guns in a broadside arrangement.[1]

Ships

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Name Ship Builder Launched Fate
Greyhound Pembroke Royal Dockyard 15 June 1859 Reduced to harbour service in September 1869 and used as a breakwater at Devonport.[3] Sold on 3 April 1906[1]
Mutine Deptford Royal Dockyard 30 July 1859 Originally ordered as the seventh vessel of the Cruizer class. Sold on 26 February 1870 for commercial use. Renamed Chieftain.[4]

Operational histories

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HMS Greyhound

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Main article: HMS Greyhound (1859)

Greyhound was commissioned at Plymouth on 6 February 1860 and served in the Mediterranean until 1861. From 1861 to 1864 she was sent to the North America and West Indies Station, and during her commission from 1865 to 1869 she served on the west coast of Africa and the south-east coast of South America. She was reduced to harbour service in 1869, and in 1871 and 1872 she conducted hydrodynamic experiments to support the work of William Froude. By 1879 she was being used as a breakwater at Devonport, and she was eventually sold on 3 April 1906.[3]

HMS Mutine

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Main article: HMS Mutine (1859)

Mutine was commissioned at Woolwich on 26 November 1859 and, apart from a refit at Woolwich in 1864–1865, served her entire career on the Pacific Station. She paid off at Sheerness on 30 March 1869 and was sold on 26 February 1870 for commercial use. She was renamed Chieftain by her new owners.[4]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Winfield (2004) p.216
  2. ^ "Royal Naval Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website". Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  3. ^ a b "HMS Greyhound at William Looney website". Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  4. ^ a b "HMS Mutine at William Looney website". Retrieved 12 November 2010.

References

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  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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