HMS Harrier (1854)

HMS Harrier was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class screw sloop launched in 1854. She took part in the Crimean War, served on the Australia Station and took part in the New Zealand Wars. She was broken up in 1865

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

Cruizer, sister-ship to Harrier
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Harrier
Ordered18 July 1851
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1851
Launched13 May 1854
Commissioned3 November 1854
Decommissioned1866
FateBroken up at Portsmouth in 1866
General characteristics
Class and typeCruizer-class screw sloop
Displacement1,045 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 steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed8.3 kn (15.4 km/h)
Armament
  • One 32-pdr (56cwt) pivot gun
  • Sixteen 32-pdr (32cwt) carriage guns
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