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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]].

* {{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]].

* {{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 ships==

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]] (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]] (also laid down [[1861]]), ''Imogene'' at [[Portsmouth]] and ''Success'' at [[Pembroke]]; the final two were never laid down.

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