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| Class overview |
| Built: |
1860–1866 |
| Planned: |
16 |
| Completed: |
8 |
| Cancelled: |
8 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
1,365 tons |
| Length: |
185 ft (56 m) |
| Beam: |
33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: |
14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Screw; 200 hp engine |
| Speed: |
9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Complement: |
180 |
| Armament: |
5 × 40-pounder guns
12 × 32-pounder guns |
The Camelion class was a Royal Navy class of screw-driven sloops of wood construction. Eight ships of the class were built from 1860 – 1866 with another eight cancelled. Displacement was 1,365 tons with 200 hp. They were capable of approximately 9 knots and were armed with 17 guns.
[edit] The Camelion class
- HMS Camelion, sold 1883.
- HMS Pelican, sold 1867.
- HMS Rinaldo, sold 1884.
- HMS Zebra, sold 1873.
- HMS Perseus, became training ship in 1886, renamed HMS Defiance II in 1904, sold 1931.
- HMS Chanticleer, sold 1875.
- HMS Reindeer, built by the Royal Dockyard, Chatham, laid down May 1860|work was suspended in 1865 but subsequently restarted), launched 1866-03-29, and commissioned October 1866. Sold for breaking up 1873-08-28.
- HMS Rattler, wrecked 1868.
[edit] Cancelled ships
[edit] References
- The Sail and Steam Navy List (David Lyon and Rif Winfield), Chatham Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
