Highflyer-class corvette

	Profile of Highflyer dated 1863
Class overview
Name	Highflyer class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Nil
Succeeded by	HMS Pylades
Built	1851-1854
In service	1852-1871
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Wooden screw corvette
Displacement	1,737+1⁄2 tons
Tons burthen	1,153 bm
Length	192 ft (59 m) oa; 167 ft 3+3⁄4 in (50.997 m) pp;
Beam	36 ft 4 in (11.07 m)
Draught	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
Installed power	Highflyer: 702 ihp (523 kW); Esk: 657 ihp (490 kW);
Propulsion	Highflyer:; 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine; Single screw; Esk:; 2-cylinder inclined single-expansion oscillating steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	9.4 kn (17.4 km/h) under steam
Armament	As built:; 21 guns:; 1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun; 20 × 32-pounder (42cwt) long guns; Later:; 1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun; 18 × 8-inch guns;

The Highflyer-class corvettes were a pair of 21-gun wooden screw corvettes built in the 1850s for the Royal Navy.

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