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The '''''Camelion'' class''' was a class of screw-driven [[sloop]]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.

==Design==

The class was designed by Issac Watts as second-class sloops of 17 guns, and were a lengthened version of the [[Cruizer class sloop|''Cruizer''-class sloop]].<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 and 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_horsepowerNominal horsepower|nominal horsepower]], giving a speed of approximately 9 knots.<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-pounders.<ref name=RW>Winfield p.216</ref>

== Ships ==

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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