Eclipse class sloop

Eclipse class sloop

:"For the 1894 class of protected cruiser see:Eclipse class cruiser"The "Eclipse" class was a class of seven 6-gun wooden screw sloops cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/eclipes_class.htm|title="Eclipse" class corvettes at battleships-cruisers website|accessdate=2008-09-17] built for the Royal Navy between 1867 and 1870. They were re-armed and re-classified as 12-gun corvettes in 1876.

Design

A development of the "Amazon" class, they were designed by Edward Reed, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction. The hull was of wooden construction, but with iron cross-beams, and a ram bow was fitted.winfield]

Propulsion

Propulsion was provided by a two-cylinder horizontal steam engine driving a single screw. "Spartan", "Sirius" and "Tenedos" had compound steam engines, and the remainder of the class had single-expansion steam engines.

ail Plan

All the ships of the class were built with a ship rig, but this was replaced with a barque rig.

Armament

The "Eclipse" class was designed with two 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle loading rifled guns mounted in traversing slides and four 64-pounder muzzle loading rifled guns. They were re-classified as corvettes in 1876, carrying a homogenous armament of twelve 64-pounder muzzle loading rifled guns.

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