HMS Cruizer (1852)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cruizer.
HMS Cruizer was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop, the name-ship of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1852. The spelling of her name was formally altered to HMS Cruiser in 1857. She became a sail training vessel in 1872 and was renamed HMS Lark. She was eventually sold for breaking in 1912.
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Name | Cruizer |
Builder | Royal Dockyard, Deptford |
Cost | £25,213[1] |
Launched | 19 June 1852 |
Renamed |
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Fate | Sold at Malta in 1912 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cruizer-class screw sloop |
Displacement | 960 tons[1][Note 1] |
Tons burthen | 747+51⁄94 bm[1] |
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Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)[1] |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)[1] |
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Propulsion | |
Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
Speed | 6.6 knots (12.2 km/h; 7.6 mph) |
Armament |
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