Racer-class sloop

	HMS Icarus
Class overview
Name	Racer class
Preceded by	Swallow class
Succeeded by	Greyhound class
Built	1855 - 1860
In commission	1856 - 1877
Completed	5
Scrapped	5
General characteristics
Type	Sloop
Displacement	861 tons
Tons burthen	577 30/94 bm
Length	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck); 131 ft 3.75 in (40.0 m) (keel);
Beam	29 ft 1 in (8.9 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 10 in (4.8 m)
Installed power	150 nhp; 461–617 ihp (344–460 kW);
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	Barque rig
Speed	Approximately 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	120
Armament	1 × 32-pdr gun (58cwt) on pivot; 10 × 32-pdr (25cwt) carronades;

The Racer-class sloop also known as the Cordelia class of swift cruisers was an 11-gun wooden screw sloop class of five ships built for the Royal Navy between 1855 and 1860.

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