# Greyhound-class sloop

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The ***Greyhound* class** was a development of the [*Cruizer*-class sloop](/source/Cruizer-class_sloop), and comprised two 17-gun wooden screw [sloops](/source/Sloop). They were both launched in 1859 and saw service with the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) until 1870.[2] The class was reclassified as corvettes in 1862.

## Design

The *Greyhound* class were a lengthened version of the wooden sloops of the *Cruizer* class, with an uprated steam engine. The combination of greater length (allowing greater hydrodynamic efficiency) and more power gave an increase in top speed from 6 knots in the *Cruizers* to 10 knots in the *Greyhounds*.[1]

### Propulsion

Their two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines generated an indicated horsepower of between 743 hp (554 kW) and 786 hp (586 kW); driving a single screw, this gave a maximum speed of between 9.7 knots (18.0 km/h) and 10.2 knots (18.9 km/h).[1]

### Sail plan

Both ships of the class were built with a [barque](/source/Barque)-rig sail plan.[1]

### Armament

Both ships of the class were provided with five 40-pounder breech-loading guns and twelve 32-pounder muzzle-loading smoothbore carriage guns in a broadside arrangement.[1]

## Ships

Name Ship Builder Launched Fate HMS Greyhound Pembroke Royal Dockyard 15 June 1859 Reduced to harbour service in September 1869 and used as a breakwater at Devonport.[3] Sold on 3 April 1906[1] HMS Mutine Deptford Royal Dockyard 30 July 1859 Originally ordered as the seventh vessel of the Cruizer class. Sold on 26 February 1870 for commercial use. Renamed Chieftain.[4]

## Operational histories

### HMS *Greyhound*

Main article: [HMS Greyhound (1859)](/source/HMS_Greyhound_(1859))

*Greyhound* was commissioned at [Plymouth](/source/HMNB_Devonport) on 6 February 1860 and served in the Mediterranean until 1861. From 1861 to 1864 she was sent to the [North America and West Indies Station](/source/North_America_and_West_Indies_Station), and during her commission from 1865 to 1869 she served on the west coast of Africa and the south-east coast of South America. She was reduced to harbour service in 1869, and in 1871 and 1872 she conducted hydrodynamic experiments to support the work of [William Froude](/source/William_Froude). By 1879 she was being used as a breakwater at Devonport, and she was eventually sold on 3 April 1906.[3]

### HMS *Mutine*

Main article: [HMS Mutine (1859)](/source/HMS_Mutine_(1859))

*Mutine* was commissioned at [Woolwich](/source/Woolwich_Dockyard) on 26 November 1859 and, apart from a refit at Woolwich in 1864–1865, served her entire career on the [Pacific Station](/source/Pacific_Station). She paid off at Sheerness on 30 March 1869 and was sold on 26 February 1870 for commercial use. She was renamed *Chieftain* by her new owners.[4]

## Citations

1. Winfield (2004) p.216

1. ["Royal Naval Cruisers at Battleships-Cruisers website"](http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/cruisers.htm). Retrieved 2008-11-16.

1. ["HMS *Greyhound* at William Looney website"](http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=157). Retrieved 2010-11-12.

1. ["HMS *Mutine* at William Looney website"](http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=162). Retrieved 2010-11-12.

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