HMS Cruizer (1852)

HMS Cruizer was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop, the name-ship of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1852. The spelling of her name was formally altered to HMS Cruiser in 1857. She became a sail training vessel in 1872 and was renamed HMS Lark. She was eventually sold for breaking in 1912.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cruizer.

HMS Cruizer at Malta in 1894 (as HMS Lark)
History
United Kingdom
NameCruizer
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Deptford
Cost£25,213
Launched19 June 1852
Renamed
  • HMS Cruiser, 1857
  • HMS Lark, 1872
FateSold at Malta in 1912
General characteristics
Class and typeCruizer-class screw sloop
Displacement960 tons
Tons burthen747+51⁄94 bm
Length
  • 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
  • 140 ft 1.75 in (42.7165 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion geared steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed6.6 knots (12.2 km/h; 7.6 mph)
Armament
  • (Removed 1872)
  • One 32 pdr (56 cwt) pivot gun
  • Sixteen 32 pdr (32 cwt) carriage guns
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