Screw sloop

Screw sloop

A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's "screws" (propellers). Other propeller-driven warships included screw frigates and screw corvettes.

ee also

*USS Wyoming (1859)


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