Highflyer-class corvette

Profile of Highflyer dated 1863
Class overview
NameHighflyer class
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byHMS Pylades
Built1851–1854
In service1852–1871
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
TypeWooden screw corvette
Displacement1,737+1⁄2 tons
Tons burthen1,153 bm
Length
  • 192 ft (59 m) oa
  • 167 ft 3+3⁄4 in (50.997 m) pp
Beam36 ft 4 in (11.07 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
Installed power
  • Highflyer: 702 ihp (523 kW)
  • Esk: 657 ihp (490 kW)
Propulsion
  • Highflyer:
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • Esk:
  • 2-cylinder inclined single-expansion oscillating steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speed9.4 kn (17.4 km/h) under steam
Armament
  • As built:
  • 21 guns:
  • 1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun
  • 20 × 32-pounder (42cwt) long guns
  • Later:
  • 1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun
  • 18 × 8-inch guns

The Highflyer-class corvettes were a pair of 21-gun wooden screw corvettes built in the 1850s for the Royal Navy.

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