Arrow-class gunvessel

	HMS Beagle and Wrangler by Sir Oswald Brierly, 1855
Class overview
Name	Arrow class
Builders	C J Mare & Company, Leamouth; R & H Green, Blackwall Yard;
Operators	Royal Navy; Japanese Army;
Cost	£21,234 (Arrow); £24,860 (Wrangler);
Built	1854
In commission	1854–1866
Completed	6
Lost	0
General characteristics
Displacement	586 tons
Tons burthen	476 68⁄94 bm
Length	160 ft (48.8 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught	11 ft 8 in (3.6 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Installed power	160 nhp; 460–673 ihp (343–502 kW);
Propulsion	Single 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Complement	65
Armament	2 × 68-pounder (95 cwt) Lancaster MLR on pivots; 4 × 32-pounder (25 cwt) guns;

The Arrow class comprised six second-class screw-driven vessels built as dispatch vessels for the Royal Navy in 1854, mounting six guns. In 1856 they were re-designated as second-class gunvessels.

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