Designed by Edward Reed,[2] the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, they were equipped with a ram bow.[2] The hull was of wooden construction, but they were the first class of sloops to incorporate a form of composite construction; they had iron cross beams while retaining wooden framing.[2]
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Propulsion was provided by a two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine by Ravenhill, Salkeld & Company driving a single 15 ft (4.6 m) screw. Vestal and Nymphe were fitted with three-cylinder Maudslay engines.[2]
Sail planedit
All the ships of the class were built with a barque rig.[2]
Armamentedit
The class was designed with two 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns mounted on slides on centre-line pivots, and two 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns on broadside trucks. Dryad, Nymphe and Vestal were rearmed in the early 1870s with an armament of nine 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns, four each side and a centre-line pivot mount at the bow.[2]
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Bibliographyedit
Ballard, G. A. (1938). "British Sloops of 1875: The Wooden Ram-Bowed Type". Mariner's Mirror. Cambridge, UK: Society for Nautical Research. 24 (July): 302–17.
Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN0-8317-0302-4.
Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
December 15, 2023
amazon, class, sloop, amazon, class, class, screw, sloops, wooden, construction, built, royal, navy, between, 1865, 1866, dryad, anchor, with, sails, airingclass, overviewnamesbuilderspembroke, dockyard, devonport, dockyardoperators, royal, navybuilt1865, 1866. The Amazon class was a class of six screw sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1865 and 1866 HMS Dryad at anchor with sails airingClass overviewNameAmazon class sloopsBuildersPembroke Dockyard Devonport DockyardOperators Royal NavyBuilt1865 1866In commission1865 1885Completed6Lost2General characteristicsTypeScrew sloopDisplacement1574 tonsLength187 ft 57 m Beam36 ft 11 m Draught17 ft 5 2 m 1 Installed power300 horsepower 1 PropulsionSingle screw Two cylinder horizontal single expansion steam engineSail planBarqueComplement150 1 ArmamentAs built 2 7 inch 6 ton muzzle loading rifled guns 2 64 pounder muzzle loading rifled guns As converted Dryad Nymphe amp Vestal 9 64 pounder muzzle loading rifled guns 2 Contents 1 Construction 1 1 Design 1 2 Propulsion 1 3 Sail plan 1 4 Armament 2 Ships 3 Notes 4 BibliographyConstruction editDesign edit Designed by Edward Reed 2 the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction they were equipped with a ram bow 2 The hull was of wooden construction but they were the first class of sloops to incorporate a form of composite construction they had iron cross beams while retaining wooden framing 2 Propulsion edit Propulsion was provided by a two cylinder horizontal single expansion steam engine by Ravenhill Salkeld amp Company driving a single 15 ft 4 6 m screw Vestal and Nymphe were fitted with three cylinder Maudslay engines 2 Sail plan edit All the ships of the class were built with a barque rig 2 Armament edit The class was designed with two 7 inch 6 ton muzzle loading rifled guns mounted on slides on centre line pivots and two 64 pounder muzzle loading rifled guns on broadside trucks Dryad Nymphe and Vestal were rearmed in the early 1870s with an armament of nine 64 pounder muzzle loading rifled guns four each side and a centre line pivot mount at the bow 2 Ships editName Ship Builder Launched FateAmazon Pembroke Dockyard 1865 Sunk in collision with SS Osprey off Start Point English Channel 10 July 1866 1 Vestal Pembroke Dockyard 1865 Sold to Castle for breaking in December 1884 2 Niobe Devonport Dockyard 1866 Wrecked off Cape Blanc on Miquelon Island off the Atlantic Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador 21 May 1874 1 Dryad Devonport Dockyard 1866 Sold in September 1885 and broken up in April 1886 2 Daphne Pembroke Dockyard 1866 Sold for breaking on 7 November 1882 2 Nymphe Devonport Dockyard 1866 Sold for breaking in December 1884 2 Notes edit a b c d e Cruisers at Battleships Cruisers website Retrieved 17 September 2008 a b c d e f g h i j k 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 Bibliography editBallard G A 1938 British Sloops of 1875 The Wooden Ram Bowed Type Mariner s Mirror Cambridge UK Society for Nautical Research 24 July 302 17 Chesneau Roger Kolesnik Eugene M eds 1979 Conway s All the World s Fighting Ships 1860 1905 Greenwich UK Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 8317 0302 4 Colledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amazon class sloop amp oldid 1053696821, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
