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|Ship power=300 [[horsepower]]<ref name=BC/>

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'''As built''':

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As built:

* Two [[RML 7 inch 6.5 ton gun|7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle loading rifled guns]]

* Two 64-pounder muzzle loading rifled guns

'''As converted''' (''Dryad, Nymphe'' & ''Vestal''):

* Nine 64-pounder muzzle loading rifled guns<ref name=RW>{{winfield}}</ref>

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The '''''Amazon'' class''' was a class of six [[screw sloop|screw-sloops]]s of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1865 and 1866.

The '''''Amazon'' class''' was a class of six [[screw sloop|screw-sloops]] of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1865 and 1866.

==Construction==

===Design===

Designed by [[Edward James Reed|Edward Reed]]<ref name=RW>{{winfield}}</ref>, the Royal Navy [[Director of Naval Construction]], they were equipped with a [[ram bow]].<ref name=RW/> The hull was of wooden construction, but they were the first class of sloops to incorporate a form of composite construction; they had iron cross beams while retaining wooden framing.<ref name=RW/>

===Propulsion===

Propulsion was provided by a two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine by Ravenhill, Salkeld & Company driving a single {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} screw. ''Vestal'' and ''Nymphe'' were fitted with three-cylinder Maudslay engines.<ref name=RW/>

===Sail plan===

All the ships of the class were built with a [[barque]] rig.<ref name=RW/>

===Armament===

The class was designed with two 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle loading rifled guns mounted on slides on centre-line pivots, and two 64-pounder muzzle loading rifled guns on broadside trucks. ''Dryad'', ''Nymphe'' and ''Vestal'' were rearmed in the early 1870s with an armament of nine 64-pounder muzzle loading rifled guns, four each side and a centre-line pivot mount at the bow.<ref name=RW>{{winfield}}</ref>

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