Greyhound-class sloop
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Greyhound-class sloops |Builders=*Pembroke Royal Dockyard
|Operators={{navy|United Kingdom}} |Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost=£41,394 (Greyhound) – £30,874 (Mutine) |Built range=1859 |In service range= |In commission range=1859–1869 |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost=0 |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=Wooden screw sloop |Ship tons burthen=877 53/94 bm |Ship length=*{{convert|172|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}Winfield (2004) p.216 |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship power=200 nhp |Ship propulsion=*Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine |Ship sail plan=Barque-rigged |Ship speed={{convert|6.6|to|8.8|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} under power |Ship range= |Ship complement=160 |Ship armament=*5 × 40-pounder breech-loading gun
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The Greyhound class was a development of the {{sclass|Cruizer|sloop}}, and comprised two 17-gun wooden screw sloops. They were both launched in 1859 and saw service with the Royal Navy until 1870.{{Cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/cruisers.htm|title=Royal Naval Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website|accessdate=2008-11-16}} The class was reclassified as corvettes in 1862.
Design
The Greyhound class were a lengthened version of the wooden sloops of the Cruizer class, with an uprated steam engine. The combination of greater length (allowing greater hydrodynamic efficiency) and more power gave an increase in top speed from 6 knots in the Cruizers to 10 knots in the Greyhounds.
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Both ships of the class were built with a barque-rig sail plan.
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Ships
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| {{HMS|Greyhound|1859|2}} | Pembroke Royal Dockyard | 15 June 1859 | Reduced to harbour service in September 1869 and used as a breakwater at Devonport.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=157|title=HMS Greyhound at William Looney website|accessdate=2010-11-12}} Sold on 3 April 1906 |
| {{HMS|Mutine|1859|2}} | Deptford Royal Dockyard | 30 July 1859 | Originally ordered as the seventh vessel of the Cruizer class. Sold on 26 February 1870 for commercial use. Renamed Chieftain.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=162|title=HMS Mutine at William Looney website|accessdate=2010-11-12}} |
Operational histories
=HMS ''Greyhound''=
{{Main|HMS Greyhound (1859)}}
Greyhound was commissioned at Plymouth on 6 February 1860 and served in the Mediterranean until 1861. From 1861 to 1864 she was sent to the North America and West Indies Station, and during her commission from 1865 to 1869 she served on the west coast of Africa and the south-east coast of South America. She was reduced to harbour service in 1869, and in 1871 and 1872 she conducted hydrodynamic experiments to support the work of William Froude. By 1879 she was being used as a breakwater at Devonport, and she was eventually sold on 3 April 1906.
=HMS ''Mutine''=
{{Main|HMS Mutine (1859)}}
Mutine was commissioned at Woolwich on 26 November 1859 and, apart from a refit at Woolwich in 1864–1865, served her entire career on the Pacific Station. She paid off at Sheerness on 30 March 1869 and was sold on 26 February 1870 for commercial use. She was renamed Chieftain by her new owners.
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