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were redesignated as corvettes in 1854. In common with other screw corvettes of the time, she was envisaged as a steam auxiliary, intended to cruise under sail with the steam engine available for assistance. Commensurately she was provided with a
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Surveyor's Department of the Admiralty on 25 April 1847; she and her sister
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was killed in the attack. She left the
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750:Victorian-era corvettes of the United Kingdom
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16:Highflyer-class screw corvette (1854-1870)
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297:9.4 kn (17.4 km/h) under steam
19:For other ships with the same name, see
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606:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
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328:1 × 10-inch/84-pdr (85cwt) gun
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568:at William Loney RN website"
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745:Corvettes of the Royal Navy
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445:J. Scott Russell & Co.
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148:General characteristics
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519:References and sources
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459:She served in the
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469:Crimean War
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366:Crimean War
37:Profile of
735:1854 ships
729:Categories
524:References
513:Portsmouth
269:Propulsion
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107:April 1853
48:dated 1863
679:Highflyer
665:Highflyer
465:Black Sea
422:Highflyer
412:Highflyer
404:Highflyer
348:Highflyer
284:Sail plan
260:657
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104:Laid down
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626:52620555
443:yard of
441:Millwall
395:Greenock
372:and the
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308:As built
302:Armament
163:corvette
112:Launched
98:Millwall
706:Pylades
586:Sources
489:Gate Pā
447:on the
241:Draught
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90:Builder
82:Ordered
54:History
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573:23 May
481:Canton
384:Design
368:, the
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350:-class
198:Length
190:1,153
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160:-class
564:"HMS
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294:Speed
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704:HMS
622:OCLC
612:ISBN
597:ISBN
575:2010
507:Fate
393:HMS
340:HMS
233:Beam
182:tons
136:Fate
131:1868
74:HMS
71:Name
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