Cruizer-class sloop

	Lark (ex-Cruizer), shown at Malta in 1894.
Class overview
Name	Cruizer-class sloops
Builders	Pembroke Royal Dockyard; Deptford Royal Dockyard;
Operators	Royal Navy
Cost	£25,213 (Cruizer) – £36,743 (Alert)
Built	1852–1856
In commission	1852–1912
Completed	6
Lost	0
General characteristics
Type	Wooden screw sloop
Displacement	1,045 tons (except Cruizer at 960 tons)
Tons burthen	747+51⁄94 bm
Length	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck); 140 ft 1.75 in (42.7165 m) (keel);
Beam	31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Installed power	Cruizer: 60 nominal horsepower; Others: 100 nominal horsepower;
Propulsion	Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine (geared in Cruizer); Single screw;
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	6.6–8.8 knots (12.2–16.3 km/h; 7.6–10.1 mph) under power
Armament	One 32-pounder (56 cwt) pivot gun; Sixteen 32-pounder (32 cwt) carriage guns;

The Cruizer class was a class of six 17-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1852 and 1856.

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