NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cruizer, later- Cruiser			Deptford DYd	4.1851	19.6.1852	3.2.1853	TS 5.1893
Hornet			Deptford DYd	6.1851	13.4.1854	14.7.1854	BU 1868
Harrier		122	Pembroke DYd	11.1851	13.5.1854	3.11.1854	BU 12.1866
Fawn			Deptford DYd	4.5.1854	30.9.1856	26.11.1859	survey ship 1876
Falcon		125	Pembroke DYd	11.1853	10.8.1854	30.3.1855	sold 9.1869
Alert			Pembroke DYd	1.1855	20.5.1856	24.1.1858	survey ship 1878

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Cruizer: 960 others: 1045
Displacement full, t
Length, m	48.8 pp
Breadth, m	9.70
Draught, m	5.31 hold depth
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Cruizer: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, geared Hornet, Harrier, Fawn, Falcon, Alert: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	Cruizer: 132ihp Hornet: 233ihp Harrier: 360ihp Alert: 383ihp Falcon: 312ihp Fawn: 434ihp
Max speed, kts	Cruizer: 6.6 Hornet: 7.8 Harrier: 8.3 Alert, Fawn: 8.8 Falcon: 7.9
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt MLSB, 16 x 1 - 160/13 32pdr 32cwt MLSB
Complement	160

Project history

Wooden 17-gun screw sloops designed by Lord John Hay (Cruizer) and by Walker (others) in 1850. First pair was originally ordered in 1847 as screw schooners (later gunvessels) Cracker and Hornet.

Modernizations

1875, Alert: was re-engined by 1 2-cyl HC (1240t, 312hp, 7.7kts) and strengthened for ice navigation.

Naval service

Alert in 1875-1876 was employed for Arctic expedition.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.