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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Name=''Camelion''-class sloopclass

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|Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}}

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|Built range=1860–18661860–1866

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|Ship draught={{convert|14|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship power={{convert|200|hp|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine <ref group=Note>Except ''Perseus'' & ''Reindeer'' which had single trunk steam engines.</ref>

*Single screw

|Ship sail plan=[[Barque]]-rigged

|Ship speed= {{convert|9|kn|km/hlk=in}}

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The '''''Camelion'' class''' was a 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-class sloops, but were later reclassified as corvettes[[corvette]]s.

==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 [[Cruizer class sloop{{sclass|''Cruizer''-class |sloop]]|4}}.<ref name=RW/>

===Construction===

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===

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 knots|kn|lk=in}}.<ref name=RW/>

===Armament===

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-pounderspounder guns.<ref name=RW>Winfield p.216</ref>

== Ships ==

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|{{HMS|Perseus|1861|2}}||Pembroke Dockyard||20 July 1860||21 August 1861||September 1862||Became training ship in 1886, renamed ''Defiance II'' 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> Sold for breaking up 23 January 1875<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|2}}||[[Chatham Dockyard]]||1 May 1860<ref group=Note>Work was suspended in 1862 but subsequently restarted in May 1863</ref>||29 March 1866||October 1866||Sold for breaking up 28 August 1873

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== References ==

===Citations===

{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===

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

*{{Cite Colledge2006}}

*{{winfield}}

==External links==

{{Commonscat|Camelion class sloop}}

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

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