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The '''''Camelion'' class''' was a [[Royal Navy]] class of screw-driven [[sloopSloop-of-war|sloops]]s of wood construction, designed by Isaac Watts and operated by the [[Royal Navy]]. Eight ships of the class were built from 1858 –to 1866 with another eight cancelled. They were initially rated as Second Classsecond-class sloops, but were later reclassified as corvettes[[corvette]]s. Their displacement was 1,365 tons with 200 hp. They were capable of approximately 9 knots and were armed with 17 guns.

== Ships Design==

The class was designed by Issac Watts as second-class [[Sloop-of-war|sloops]] of 17 guns, and were a lengthened version of the {{sclass|Cruizer|sloop|4}}.<ref name=RW/>

===Construction===

=== '''The ''Camelion'' class''' ===

Built of a traditional wood structure, they were {{convert|185|ft|m}} long at the gundeck, {{convert|33|ft|m}} in [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] and [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] 1,365 tons. A [[barque]] rig was fitted to allow easy sail handling with a relatively small crew of 180.<ref name=RW/>

===Propulsion===

The first two vessels were ordered on [[3 April]] [[1854]], although neither was laid down for several years. Another three were ordered on [[1 April]] [[1857]] and a further three on [[27 March]] [[1858]].

They were fitted with a two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine (although ''Perseus'' and ''Reindeer'' received single trunk steam engines) driving a single screw. These engines generated 200 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|nominal horsepower]], giving a speed of approximately {{convert|9|kn|lk=in}}.<ref name=RW/>

===Armament===

* {{HMS|Camelion|1860|6}}, built by [[Deptford Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[8 November]] [[1858]], launched [[23 February]][[1860]] and completed [[30 July]] [[1861]]. Sold for breaking up 1883.

They were armed with five 40-pounder breech-loading guns and twelve 32-pounder muzzle-loading smoothbore guns, although ''Reindeer'' was completed with a single 110-pounder and five 64-pounder guns.<ref name=RW>Winfield p.216</ref>

* {{HMS|Pelican|1860|6}}, built by [[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[16 June]] [[1859]], launched [[19 July]][[1860]] and completed [[25 September]] [[1861]]. Sold in February 1867 as mercantile ''Hawk'', then resold to the [[Portuguese Navy]] and renamed ''Infanta Dom Henrique''.

* {{HMS|Rinaldo|1860|6}}, built by [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[1 March]] [[1858]], launched [[26 March]][[1860]] and completed [[8 June]] [[1861]]. Sold for breaking up April 1884.

* {{HMS|Zebra|1860|6}}, built by [[Deptford Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[4 July]] [[1859]], launched [[13 November]][[1860]] and completed [[23 May]] [[1861]]. Sold in the Far East for breaking up [[20 August]] [[1873]].

* {{HMS|Perseus|1861|6}}, built by [[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[20 July]] [[1860]], launched [[21 August]][[1861]] and completed September 1862. Became training ship in 1886, renamed {{HMS|Defiance II|1904|6}} in March 1904, sold for breaking up [[26 June]] [[1931]].

* {{HMS|Chanticleer|1861|6}}, built by [[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[2 February]] [[1860]], launched [[9 February]][[1861]] and completed December 1861. Sold for breaking up [[23 January]] [[1875]].

* {{HMS|Reindeer|1866|6}}, built by [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[1 May]] [[1860]] (work was suspended in 1862 but subsequently restarted in May 1863), launched [[29 March]] [[1866]], and commissioned [[October]] 1866. Sold for breaking up [[28 August]] [[1873]].

* {{HMS|Rattler|1862|6}}, built by [[Deptford Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[28 August]] [[1860]], launched [[18 March]][[1862]] and completed July 1862. Wrecked off Japan [[24 September]] [[1868]].

==Cancelled shipsShips ==

The first two vessels were ordered on [[3 April]] [[1854]], although neither was laid down for several years. Another three were ordered on [[1 April]] [[1857]] and a further three on [[27 March]] [[1858]]. The final eight ships were ordered in two batches on 5 March 1860 and 25 March 1861, but were either cancelled, or in the case of ''Circassian'' and ''Trent'', completed as ironclad sloops under new names.

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Four further ships of this class were ordered from the [[Royal Dockyard]]s on [[5 March]] [[1860]] and another four on [[25 March]] [[1861]]. The first four comprised ''Harlequin'' at [[Portsmouth]] (laid down [[13 February]] [[1861]]), ''Tees'' at [[Chatham, Medway|Chatham]] (laid down February 1861), ''Sappho'' at [[Deptford]] (laid down [[1 May]] [[1861]]) and ''Trent'' at [[Pembroke]] (laid down [[3 September]] [[1861]]). The last four comprised ''Circassian'' at [[Deptford]] (laid down [[5 May]] [[1862]]), ''Diligence'' at [[Chatham, Medway|Chatham]] (also laid down 1861), ''Imogene'' at [[Portsmouth]] and ''Success'' at [[Pembroke]]; the final two were never laid down.

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* |{{HMS|Camelion|1860|62}}, built by ||[[Deptford Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[||8 November]] [[1858]], launched [[||23 February]][[ 1860]] and completed [[||30 July]] [[1861]]. ||Sold for breaking up 1883.

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* |{{HMS|Pelican|1860|62}}, built by ||[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[||16 June]] [[1859]], launched [[||19 July]][[ 1860]] and completed [[||25 September]] [[1861]]. ||Sold in February 1867 as mercantile ''Hawk'', then resold to the [[Portuguese Navy]] and renamed ''Infanta Dom Henrique''.

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* |{{HMS|Rinaldo|1860|62}}, built by ||[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[||1 March]] [[1858]], launched [[||26 March]][[ 1860]] and completed [[||8 June]] [[1861]]. ||Sold for breaking up April 1884.

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* |{{HMS|Zebra|1860|62}}, built by [[||Deptford Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[||4 July]] [[1859]], launched [[||13 November]][[ 1860]] and completed [[||23 May]] [[1861]]. ||Sold in the Far East for breaking up [[20 August]] [[1873]].

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* |{{HMS|Perseus|1861|62}}, built by [[||Pembroke Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[||20 July]] [[1860]], launched [[||21 August]][[1861]] and completed 1861||September 1862. ||Became training ship in 1886, renamed {{HMS|''Defiance II|1904|6}}'' in March 1904, sold for breaking up [[26 June]] [[1931]].

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|{{HMS|Chanticleer|1861|2}}||Portsmouth Dockyard||2 February 1860||9 February 1861||December 1861||02.10.1862 paddle ship Iona of David Hutcheson & Co wrecked off Gourock following a collision with the newly launched Chanticleer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acumfaegovan.com/shipbuilding/ships/thomsonships.php|title=J & G Thomson Ships|work=acumfaegovan.com|access-date=25 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023010131/http://www.acumfaegovan.com/shipbuilding/ships/thomsonships.php|archive-date=23 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>

April 1866, accompanied [[Lord John Hervey]] and [[Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper]] on a trip to [[Astakos]] to pay ransom for their captured friend Mr Coore<ref name="Hervey kidnap">{{cite news |title=Lord John Hervey Amongst the Philistines |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8838564 |issue=4 April 1866 |publisher=The Mercury, Hobart |date=1866}}</ref><br> 23 January 1875: Sold for breaking up.

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* |{{HMS|Reindeer|1866|62}}, built by ||[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[||1 May]] [[1860]]<ref (workgroup=Note>Work was suspended in 1862 but subsequently restarted in May 1863), launched [[</ref>||29 March]] [[1866]], and commissioned [[||October]] 1866. ||Sold for breaking up [[28 August]] [[1873]].

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* |{{HMS|Rattler|1862|62}}, built by [[||Deptford Royal Dockyard]], laid down [[||28 August]] [[1860]], launched [[||18 March]][[1862]] and completed 1862||July 1862. ||Wrecked off Japan [[24 September]] [[1868]].

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|''Harlequin''||Portsmouth Dockyard||13 February 1861|| || ||Cancelled 16 December 1864

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|''Tees''||Chatham Dockyard||February 1861|| || ||Cancelled on 12 December 1863

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|''Sappho''||Deptford Dockyard||1 May 1861|| || ||Cancelled on 12 December 1863

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|''Trent''||Pembroke Dockyard||3 September 1861|| || ||Completed as the ironclad sloop {{HMS|Research|1863|6}}

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|''Circassian''||Deptford Dockyard||5 May 1862|| || ||Completed as the ironclad sloop {{HMS|Enterprise|1864|6}}

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|''Diligence''||Chatham Dockyard||1862|| || ||Cancelled on 12 December 1863

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|''Imogene''||Portsmouth Dockyard|| || || ||Cancelled on 12 December 1863

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|''Success''||Pembroke Dockyard|| || || ||Cancelled on 12 December 1863

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==Notes==

* Five of these vessels were cancelled on [[12 December]] [[1863]] - the ''Tees'', ''Sappho'', ''Diligence'', ''Imogene'' and ''Success''.

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* A further vessel - the ''Harlequin'' - was cancelled [[16 December]] [[1864]].

* HMS ''Circassian'' and HMS ''Trent'', both laid down as ''Camelion'' class sloops, were completed as the [[ironclad]] sloops {{HMS|Enterprise|1864|6}} and {{HMS|Research|1863|6}} respectively.

== References ==

===Citations===

*[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_sloops_.htm Royal Navy Sloops]

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===Bibliography===

*{{Cite Colledge2006}}

*{{winfield}}

==External links==

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*[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_sloops_cruisers.htm Royal Navy Sloopscruisers at www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk]

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* ''The Sail and Steam Navy List'' (David Lyon and Rif Winfield), Chatham Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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