Cruizer-class sloop

Lark (ex-Cruizer), shown at Malta in 1894.
Class overview
Name	Cruizer-class sloops
Builders	Pembroke Royal Dockyard Deptford Royal Dockyard
Operators	Royal Navy
Cost	£25,213 (Cruizer) – £36,743 (Alert)
Built	1852–1856
In commission	1852–1912
Completed	6
Lost	0
General characteristics
Type	Wooden screw sloop
Displacement	1,045 tons (except Cruizer at 960 tons)[1]
Tons burthen	747+51⁄94 bm[1]
Length	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck) 140 ft 1.75 in (42.7165 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)[1]
Depth of hold	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)[1]
Installed power	Cruizer: 60 nominal horsepower Others: 100 nominal horsepower[1]
Propulsion	Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine (geared in Cruizer) Single screw[1]
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	6.6–8.8 knots (12.2–16.3 km/h; 7.6–10.1 mph) under power
Armament	One 32-pounder (56 cwt) pivot gun Sixteen 32-pounder (32 cwt) carriage guns

The Cruizer class was a class of six 17-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1852 and 1856.^[2]