HMS Hornet (1854)

HMS Hornet was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868.

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

Hornet's sister ship, Cruizer, shown at Malta in 1894.
History
United Kingdom
NameHornet
Ordered1 November 1850
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Deptford
Cost£29,142
Launched13 April 1854
Commissioned14 July 1854
FateBroken up 1868
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
Speed7.75 knots (14.35 km/h; 8.92 mph)
Armament
  • One 32 pdr (56 cwt) pivot gun
  • Sixteen 32 pdr (32 cwt) carriage guns
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