Eclipse class sloop
.jpg) HMS Sirius | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Eclipse-class sloop (later corvette) |
| Builders: | Devonport, Portsmouth, Chatham, Sheerness and Deptford Dockyards |
| Operators: |  Royal Navy |
| Built: | 1867 - 1870 |
| In commission: | 1867 - 1921 |
| Completed: | 7 |
| Lost: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: |
Wooden screw sloops (corvettes from 1876) |
| Displacement: | 1760 tons[1] |
| Length: | 212 ft (65 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 16.3 ft (5.0 m)[2] |
| Installed power: | 2,500 ihp (1,900 kW)[3] |
| Propulsion: |
Danae, Eclipse, Dido, Blanche:
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| Sail plan: | Built with ship rig but changed to barque rig |
| Speed: | 13.6 kn (25.2 km/h)[2] |
| Complement: | 180 |
| Armament: |
As built:
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- For the 1894 class of protected cruiser see:Eclipse-class cruiser
The Eclipse class was a class of seven 6-gun wooden screw sloops [1] built for the Royal Navy between 1867 and 1870. They were re-armed and re-classified as 12-gun corvettes in 1876.
Design
A development of the Amazon class, they were designed by Edward Reed, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction. The hull was of wooden construction, but with iron cross-beams, and a ram bow was fitted.[2]
Propulsion
Propulsion was provided by a two-cylinder horizontal steam engine driving a single screw. Spartan, Sirius and Tenedos had compound steam engines, and the remainder of the class had single-expansion steam engines.
Sail Plan
All the ships of the class were built with a ship rig, but this was replaced with a barque rig.
Armament
The Eclipse class was designed with two 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle loading rifled guns mounted in traversing slides and four 64-pounder muzzle loading rifled guns.[2] They were re-classified as corvettes in 1876, carrying a homogenous armament of twelve 64-pounder muzzle loading rifled guns.
Ships
| Name | Ship Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Danae | Portsmouth Dockyard | 21 May 1867 | Lent to the War Department as a hulk in 1886 and sold on 15 May 1906[2] |
| HMS Blanche | Chatham Dockyard | 17 August 1867 | Sold to Castle for breaking in September 1886 |
| HMS Eclipse | Sheerness Dockyard | 14 November 1867 | Lent to the War Department as a hulk for storage of mines from 1888 to 1892. Sold in 1921[2] |
| HMS Sirius | Portsmouth Dockyard | 24 April 1868 | Sold to Castle for breaking at Charlton in 1885[2] |
| HMS Spartan | Deptford Dockyard | 14 November 1868 | Sold to Castle for breaking on 7 November 1882[2] |
| HMS Dido | Portsmouth Dockyard | 23 October 1869 | Hulked in 1886. Renamed Actaeon II in 1906. Sold to J B Garnham for breaking on 17 July 1922[2] |
| HMS Tenedos | Devonport Dockyard | 13 May 1870 | Sold to G Pethwick of Plymouth for breaking in November 1887[2] |
See also
Media related to Eclipse class sloop at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eclipse-class corvettes at battleships-cruisers website". http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/eclipes_class.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2003). The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1861760326.
- ↑ "HMS Dido name history at Battleships-Cruisers website". http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/name_histories_d.htm#HMS%20Dido. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
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