Amazon-class screw sloop

The Amazon-class sloop was a series of six wooden screw sloops operated by the Royal Navy between 1865 and 1885. The design was inspired by the American Civil War where Confederate commerce raiders attacked Union merchant ships. The sloops were intended to be fast and powerful enough to destroy enemy commerce raiders at long range to defend British trade. Only one ship was able to reach the intended top speed of 13 knots, which was considered a major shortcoming of the design. An attempt to fix the flaw was the initial basis for the later Eclipse-class sloop.

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1865  Wikidata
6 produced, 
screw sloop, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate, Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate, F B, HMS Amazon, HMS Daphne, HMS Dryad, HMS Niobe, HMS Nymphe, HMS Vestal, 

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  HMS Amazon ⓘ
  1865 Amazon-class screw sloop

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  HMS Daphne ⓘ
  1866 Amazon-class screw sloop

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  HMS Niobe ⓘ
  1866 Amazon-class screw sloop

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  HMS Vestal ⓘ
  1865 Amazon-class screw sloop

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  HMS Dryad ⓘ
  1866 Amazon-class screw sloop

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  HMS Nymphe ⓘ
  1866 Amazon-class screw sloop

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1865 Amazon-class screw sloop

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1866 HMS Dryad

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1866 HMS Nymphe

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		The Victorian Royal Navy page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Amazon	screw sloop, Amazon-class screw sloop	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Daphne	screw sloop, Amazon-class screw sloop	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Niobe	screw sloop, Amazon-class screw sloop	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Vestal	Amazon-class screw sloop, screw sloop	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1866	HMS Dryad	screw sloop, Amazon-class screw sloop	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1866	HMS Nymphe	screw sloop, Amazon-class screw sloop	Wikidata