Eclipse-class sloop
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eclipse class |
| Builders |
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| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Amazon class |
| Succeeded by | Fantome class |
| Built | 1867–1870 |
| In service | 1867–1921 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Scrapped | 7 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Wooden screw sloop (later corvette) |
| Displacement | 1,760 long tons (1,790 t) |
| Tons burthen | 1,268 bm |
| Length | 212 ft (64.6 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m) |
| Depth | 21 ft 6 in (6.6 m) |
| Installed power | 1,946–2,518 ihp (1,451–1,878 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque or Ship rig |
| Speed | 12–13 knots (22–24 km/h; 14–15 mph) |
| Complement | 180 |
| Armament |
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The Eclipse class was a class of seven 6-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1867 and 1870. They were re-armed and re-classified as 12-gun corvettes in 1876. Two further vessels were proposed but never ordered.