Amazon class sloop

Amazon class sloop

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

Construction

Design

Designed by Edward Reedwinfield] , the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, the hull was of wooden construction, and they were equipped with a ram bow.

Propulsion

Propulsion was provided by a two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine by Ravenhill, Salkeld & Company driving a single convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on screw. "Vestal" and "Nymphe" were fitted with three-cylinder Maudslay engines.

ail Plan

All the ships of the class were built with a barque rig.

Armament

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.winfield]

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References

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