Swallow-class sloop

Class overview
Name	Swallow class
Preceded by	Cruizer class
Succeeded by	Racer class
Built	1854–1857
In commission	1856–1876
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	Sloop-of-war
Displacement	625 tons
Tons burthen	484+68⁄94 bm
Length	139 ft (42.4 m) (gundeck); 120 ft 6 in (36.7 m) (keel);
Beam	27 ft 10 in (8.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 5 in (4.1 m)
Installed power	60 nhp; 182–224 ihp (136–167 kW);
Propulsion	Single screw; two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine;
Sail plan	Barque rig
Speed	Approximately 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement	120
Armament	1 × 32 pdr gun (58 cwt) on pivot; 8 × 32 pdr (25 cwt) carronades;

The Swallow-class sloop was a 9-gun wooden screw sloop class of four ships built for the Royal Navy between 1854 and 1857.

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