Amazon-class sloop

HMS Dryad at anchor, with sails airing
Class overview
NameAmazon-class sloops
Builders
  • Pembroke Dockyard
  • Devonport Dockyard
Operators Royal Navy
Built1865–1866
In commission1865–1885
Completed6
Lost2
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Displacement1574 tons
Length187 ft (57 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power300 horsepower
Propulsion
  • Single screw
  • Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
Sail planBarque
Complement150
Armament

The Amazon class was a class of six screw sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1865 and 1866.

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