List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

Corvette classes

Late 17th-century post ship classes

• Anthony Deane group. All designed by the notable Master Shipwright.
• *, built as a yacht – made into a harbour craft 1692.
• *, 16 guns – sold 1683.
• *, 16 guns – wrecked 1684.
• * , 12 guns – expended as a fireship 1672.
• *, 16 guns as rebuilt 1673, captured and burnt by the French 1696.
• *, 16 guns – sold 1698.
• *, 18 guns – sold 1698.
• 1693 Group — 14 ships, with 20 x 6pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1693–1695
• * – sold 1714.
• * – renamed Margate 1698, wrecked 1707.
• * – wrecked 1696.
• * – captured by the French 1696.
• * – captured by the French 1696, retaken 1703 and broken up.
• * – sold 1719.
• * – foundered 1707.
• * – wrecked 1694.
• * – wrecked 1709.
• * – wrecked 1704.
• * – wrecked 1699.
• * – sold 1713.
• * – sunk as a breakwater 1714.
• * – renamed Newport 1698, sold 1714.
• , with 20 x 6pdrs, + 4 smaller. – captured by the French 1697.
• 1696 Group — 4 ships, with 20 x 6pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1696–1697
• * – sold 1714.
• * – captured by the French 1705 and scuttled.
• * – broken up 1722.
• * – captured by the French 1706.

  18th-century (1700–51) post ship classes

• Peregrine Galley — 1 ship, with 16 x 6pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1700
• Nightingale Group — 3 ships, with 20 x 6pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1702–1704
• * – taken by the French 1707, retaken and renamed Fox 1708, broken up 1724.
• * – taken by the French 1703.
• * – taken by the French 1706, retaken 1708 and foundered.
• Purchased Group — 3 ships, with 20 x 6pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1706–1707
• * – broken up 1727.
• * – sold 1716.
• * – broken up 1722.
• Flamborough Group — 2 ships, with 20 x 6pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1707
• * – broken up 1727.
• * – broken up 1727.
• Gibraltar Group — 12 ships, with 20 x 6pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1711–1716
• * – sold 1748.
• * – broken up 1725.
• * – broken up 1740.
• * – foundered 1719.
• * – wrecked 1721.
• * – broken up 1727.
• * – broken up 1722.
• * – broken up 1727.
• * – sold 1743.
• * – captured by Spain 1718, retaken 1719 and burnt.
• * – broken up 1738.
• * – converted to bomb-vessel 1719, wrecked 1720.
• Dursley Galley — 1 ship, with 20 x 6pdrs. 1719. Sold 1745
• 1719 Establishment Group — 20 ships, with 20 x 6pdrs. 1720–1727
• * – broken up 1739.
• * – broken up 1741.
• * – sold 1742.
• * – sold 1744.
• * – sold 1739.
• * – sold 1744.
• * – broken up 1740.
• * – sold 1744.
• * – sold 1744.
• * – sold 1746.
• * – broken up 1738.
• * – sold 1749.
• * – foundered 1739.
• * – sold 1748.
• * – sold 1749.
• * – sold 1744.
• * – broken up 1742.
• * – sold 1749.
• * – broken up 1738.
• * – broken up 1735.
• Modified 1719 Establishment Group — 2 ships, with 20 x 6pdrs. 1732
• * – sold 1744.
• * – renamed Firebrand 1755, then Penguin 1757, captured by French and burnt 1760.
• 1733 Establishment Group — 16 ships, with 20 x 9pdrs. 1734–1742
• * – broken up 1755.
• * – broken up 1749.
• * – foundered 1745.
• * – broken up 1761.
• * – foundered 1747.
• * – wrecked 1744.
• * – sold 1763.
• * – sold 1750.
• * – sold 1763.
• * – sold 1749.
• * – broken up 1779.
• * – sold 1755.
• * – broken up 1754.
• * – wrecked 1743.
• * – broken up 1754.
• * – sold 1763.
• Modified 1733 Establishment Group — 2 ships, with 20 x 9pdrs. 1741
• * – sold 1768.
• * – sold 1763.
• 1741 Establishment Group — 15 ships, with 22 x 9pdrs, + 2 smaller. 1742–1746
• * – sold 1749.
• * – sold 1749.
• * – sold 1749.
• * – sold 1762.
• * – sold 1768.
• * – sold 1763.
• * – sold 1758.
• * – burnt to avoid capture 1758.
• * – sold 1756.
• * – burnt to avoid capture 1758.
• * – broken up 1753.
• * – sold 1770.
• * – sold 1764.
• * – wrecked 1751.
• * – sold 1763.
• Modified 1741 Establishment Group — 2 ships, with 20 x 9pdrs, + 2 smaller. 1746
• * – sold 1761.
• * – broken up 1754.
• purchase – sunk as a breakwater 1783.
• 1745 Establishment Group — 7 ships, with 22 x 9pdrs, + 2 smaller. 1746–1751
• * – sold 1761.
• * – sold 1765.
• * – foundered 1761.
• * – burnt to avoid capture 1781.
• * – sold 1784.
• * – sold 1770.
• * – broken up 1777.
• Modified 1745 Establishment Group — 1 ship, with 22 x 9pdrs, + 2 smaller. 1748
• * – broken up 1752.
• – sold 1784.
• – bilged 1759 and abandoned 1760.

  18th-century (1752–99) post ship classes

• Gibraltar class — 1 ship, with 20 x 9pdrs. 1754.
• * – broken up 1773.
• Seaford class — 1 ship, with 20 x 9pdrs. 1754.
• * – 33 guns in 1780, sold 1784.
• — 10 ships, with 20 x 9pdrs. 1775–1781.
• * – sold 1783.
• * – wrecked 1780.
• Bideford class — 1 ship, with 20 x 9pdrs. 1756.
• * – wrecked 1761.
• Later Gibraltar — 6 ships, with 20 x 9pdrs. 1756.
• * – sold 1772.
• * – broken up 1777.
• * – broken up 1774.
• * – sold 1784.
• * – wrecked 1777.
• * – foundered 1780.
• Later Seaford — 2 ships, with 20 x 9pdrs. 1757.
• * – sunk as blockship 1779.
• * – burnt by accident 1779.
• — 10 ships, with 20 x 9pdrs, + 4 smaller. 1775–1781.
• * – broken up 1811.
• * – sold 1831.
• * – sold 1802.
• * – broken up 1783.
• * – sold 1814.
• * – foundered 1777.
• * – broken up 1805.
• * – broken up 1787.
• * – captured by the French 1779.
• * – wrecked 1796.
• — 10 ships, with 22 x 9pdrs, + 2 smaller. 1777–1781.
• * – broken up 1805.
• * – wrecked 1781.
• * – broken up 1834.
• * – sold 1802.
• * – foundered 1780.
• * – wrecked 1794.
• * – wrecked 1784.
• * – wrecked 1781.
• * – wrecked 1791.
• * – sold 1816.
• Myrmidon class — 1 ship, with 20 x 6pdrs, + 2 smaller. 1781.
• * – broken up 1811.
• Squirrel class — 1 ship, with 22 x 9pdrs, + 2 x 6pdrs. 1785.
• * – sold 1817.

  19th-century sailing post ship (and subsequently corvette) classes

• — 6 ships, with 22 x 9pdrs, + 10 smaller. 1806–1807
• * – broken up 1816.
• * – sold 1816.
• * – broken up 1816.
• * – captured 1815.
• * – wrecked 1808.
• * – sold 1816.
• — 6 ships, with 22 x 9pdrs, + 10 smaller. 1806–1812
• * – wrecked 1807.
• * – renamed Laurestinus 1810, wrecked 1813.
• * – wrecked 1816.
• * – sold 1817.
• * – broken up 1850.
• * – sold 1818.
• — 4 ships, 1811–1816
• * – burnt in action 1814.
• * – broken up 1823.
• * – sold 1841.
• * – broken up 1829.
• — 16 ships, 1813–1814
• * – sold 1832.
• * – sold 1823.
• * – broken up 1820.
• * – sold 1829.
• * – wrecked 1820.
• * – wrecked 1816.
• * – broken up 1838.
• * – wrecked 1819.
• * – broken up 1848.
• * – sold 1825.
• * – sold 1828.
• * – sold 1829.
• * – sold 1822.
• * – broken up 1822.
• * – sold 1827.
• * – sold 1828.
• — 10 ships, 1814–1817
• * – broken up 1852.
• * – broken up 1833.
• * – sold 1825.
• * – sold 1837.
• * – sold 1819.
• * – broken up 1832.
• * – broken up 1853.
• * – sold 1825.
• * – broken up 1852.
• * – sold 1872.
• — 18 ships, 1820–1828
• * – broken up 1863.
• * – broken up 1828.
• * – sold 1832.
• * – broken up 1860.
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• * – sold 1852.
• * – sold 1896.
• * – sold 1838.
• * – sold 1865.
• * – renamed Herald 1824, sold 1862.
• * – sold 1883.
• * Andromeda – re-ordered as Nimrod below
• * – broken up 1849.
• * – sold 1861.
• * Alarm – re-ordered as Conway class vessel
• * Daphne – cancelled 1832
• * Porcupine – cancelled 1832
• * – sold 1907.
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• — 1 ship, 1826
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• — 1 ship, 1831
• — 5 ships, 1832–1837
• * – broken up 1883.
• * – broken up 1875.
• — 3 ships, 1833–1836
• * – sold 1862.
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• — 8 ships, 1840–1845
• * – sold 1862.
• * – sold 1869.
• * – renamed Mariner 1878, foundered 1880.
• * – broken up 1875.
• * – sold 1869.
• * Niobe – re-ordered as Diamond-class vessel
• * Malacca – re-ordered as screw ship
• * – sold 1904.
• — 1 ship, 1843
• — 3 ships, 1848–1849
• * – sold 1885.
• * Tribune – completed as a screw frigate.
• * – sold 1862 to Prussian Navy.

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• — 2 ships, 1851–1854
• * – broken up 1871.
• * – broken up 1870.
• Pylades class — 1 ship, 1854
• * – sold 1875.
• — 2 ships, 1854
• * – sold 1875.
• * – sold 1866.
• — 10 ships, 1855–1858
• * – sold 1884.
• * – broken up 1879.
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• * – broken up 1877.
• * – sold 1882.
• * – sold 1884.
• * – broken up 1869.
• * – hulked 1880, sold 1921.
• * – broken up 1877.
• * – training ship 1876, sold 1919.
• — 7 ships, 1859–1863
• * – broken up 1877.
• * – broken up 1877.
• * Galatea – completed as a screw frigate.
• * – wrecked 1863.
• * – broken up 1866.
• * – broken up 1882.
• * – training ship 1881, sold 1923.
• — 10 ships, 1860 design – all cancelled
• — 2 ships, 1867–1869
• * – sold 1887.
• * – sold 1920.
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  Sloop classes

Sloops (early single-masted type)

• Swift group — 3 vessels, 1704
• * Swift – sold 1719.
• * Ferret – captured 1706 by French.
• * Weazle – sold 1712.
• Jamaica group — 4 vessels, 1709–1711
• * Jamaica – wrecked 1715.
• * Trial – rebuilt 1719.
• * Ferret – captured by Spanish 1718.
• * Shark – rebuilt 1722.
• Hazard group — 2 vessels, 1711
• * Hazard – wrecked 1714.
• * Happy – rebuilt 1724–25.

  Two-masted sloops (to 1732)

• Drake — 1 brig-rigged vessel, 1705 – rebuilt 1728
• Trial — 1 vessel, 1719 – BU 1731.
• Bonetta group — 2 vessels, 1721
• * Bonetta – sold 1731.
• * Ferret – sold 1731.
• Otter group — 2 vessels, 1721
• * Otter – wrecked 1742.
• * Swift – sold 1741.
• Cruizer group — 4 vessels, 1721
• * Cruizer – BU 1732.
• * Weazle – sold 1732.
• * Hawk – foundered 1739.
• * Spy – sold 1731.
• Shark group — 2 vessels, 1723–1725
• * Shark – sold 1732.
• * Happy – sold 1735.
• Spence — 1 vessel, 1723 – BU 1730.
• Drake class — 2 vessels, 1729
• * Drake – BU 1740.
• * Spence – sold 1749.
• Grampus — 1 vessel, 1731 – foundered 1742.
• Wolf — 1 vessel, 1731 – wrecked 1741.
• Bonetta group — 8 vessels, 1732
• * Shark – sold 1755.
• * Bonetta – wrecked 1744.
• * Fly – BU 1751.
• * Spy – sold 1745.
• * Saltash – sold 1741.
• * Cruizer – sold 1745.
• * Hound – BU 1745.
• * Trial – scuttled 1741.

  Two-masted sloops (1739 to 1745)

• Drake class — 3 vessels, 1741
• * Drake – wrecked 1742.
• * Hawk – BU 1747.
• * Swift – lost 1756.
• Purchased vessel – Saltash – burned 1742
• Wolf class — 3 vessels, 1742–1743
• * Wolf – wrecked 1748.
• * Otter – sold 1763.
• * Grampus – captured by the French 1744.
• Baltimore class — 3 vessels, 1742–1743
• * Baltimore – sold 1762.
• * Saltash – capsized 1746.
• * Drake – sold 1748.
• Purchased vessel – Ferret – foundered 1757
• Merlin class — 21 vessels, 1744–1747
• * Swallow – wrecked 1744.
• * Merlin – sold 1748.
• * Speedwell – sold 1750.
• * Falcon – captured by French 1745, retaken 1746 and renamed Fortune, sold 1770.
• * Hazard – sold 1749.
• * Lizard – wrecked 1748.
• * Hinchingbrooke – captured by French 1746.
• * Tavistock – renamed Albany 1747, sold 1763.
• * Hound – sold 1773.
• * Hornet – sold 1770.
• * Raven – sold 1763.
• * Swan – sold 1763.
• * Badger – wrecked 1762.
• * Falcon – wrecked 1759.
• * Scorpion – wrecked 1762.
• * Swallow – sold 1769.
• * Kingfisher – sold 1763.
• * Dispatch – sold 1773.
• * Viper – renamed Lightning as fireship 1755, sold 1762.
• * Grampus – converted to fireship 1762, renamed Strombolo 1771, sold 1780.
• * Saltash – sold 1773.
• Hind class — 4 vessels, 1744
• * Hind – foundered 1747.
• * Vulture – sold 1761.
• * Jamaica – wrecked 1770.
• * Trial – BU 1776.

  Two-masted sloops (1749 to 1770)

• Wasp group — 4 vessels, 1749–1750
• * Wasp – sold 1781.
• * Peggy – wrecked 1770.
• * Hazard – sold 1783.
• * Savage – wrecked 1776.
• Fly class — 2 vessels, 1752
• * Ranger – sold 1783.
• * Fly – sold 1772.
• Cruizer class — 4 vessels, 1752–1754
• * Speedwell – sold 1780.
• * Cruizer – burned 1776.
• * Happy – wrecked 1766.
• * Wolf – sold 1781.
• Hawk — 1 vessel, 1756 – sold 1781.
• Bonetta class — 3 vessels, 1756
• * Bonetta – sold 1776.
• * Merlin – burned 1780.
• * Spy – sold 1773.
• Hunter class — 2 vessels, 1756
• * Hunter – sold 1780.
• * Viper – wrecked 1779.
• Alderney class — 3 vessels, 1756–1757. Although designed and begun as two-masted sloops, Stork and Alderney were completed as three-masted ships.
• * Stork – taken 1758 by the French.
• * Alderney – sold 1783.
• * Diligence – sold 1780.
• Druid class — 2 vessels, 1761. Although designed as two-masted sloops, both vessels were later reported as three-masted.
• * Druid – sunk as a breakwater 1773.
• * Lynx – sold 1777.

  Ship-rigged sloops (1745–88)

• Purchased sloops 1745–46
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• Favourite class — 3 ships, 1757–1758
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• Ferret class — 1 ship, 1760
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• Senegal class — 1 ship, 1760
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• Beaver class — 2 ships, 1761
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• Modified Favourite class — 1 ship, 1762
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• Swift class — 2 ships, 1763. Begun as two-masted vessels, but completed with three-masted rig.
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• Otter class — 1 ship, 1767
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• Swallow class — 2 ships, 1769–1771
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• Swan class — 25 ships, 1766–1780
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• Purchased ship sloops – 1 ship, 1780
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• Zebra class — 3 ships, 1780–1782
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• Inspector class — 1 ship, 1782
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• Echo class — 6 ships, 1782–1785, designed by Edward Hunt and armed with 16 6-pounders on the upper deck and 6 12-pounder carronades on the quarterdeck, with a further 2 on the forecastle
• * – broken up 1797
• * – sold 1792
• * – sank after being rammed by a merchantman in the Atlantic in August 1803
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• * – wrecked off Flamborough Head on 02.02.1799
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  Brig-rigged sloops (1778–84)

• Childers class — 1 vessel, 1778
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• Hound class — 5 ship sloops, 1789–1791
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• Dart class — 2 experimental ship sloops, designed by Samuel Bentham, 1796, with 24 32-pounder Carronades on gun deck and 2 32-pounder Carronades each on quarterdeck and forecastle
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• Dasher class — 2 Bermuda-built ship sloops, 1797.
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• Echo class — 1 ship sloop, 1797.
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• Osprey class — 1 ship sloop, 1797.
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• Snake class — 2 ship sloops, 1797–1798.
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  Brig-rigged sloops (1788 to 1815)

• Albatross class — 8 brig-sloops, 1795–1796
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• Diligence class — 8 brig-sloops, 1795–1796
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• Busy class — 1 brig-sloop, 1797.
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• Cruizer class — 107 brig-sloops, 1797–1815
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• Cherokee class — 114 brig-sloops, 1808–1830
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  Ship-rigged sloops (after 1816)

• Rose class — 1 ship sloop, 1821
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• Martin class — 1 ship sloop, 1821
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• Comet class — 3 ship sloops, 1828–1837
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• Orestes class — 1 ship sloop, 1824
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• Pylades class — 1 ship sloop, 1824
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• Snake class — 2 ship sloops, 1827–1828
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• Favorite class — 4 ship sloops, 1829–1837
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• Champion class — 1 ship sloop, 1824
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• Pearl class — 1 ship sloop, 1828
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• Wolf class — 1 ship sloop, 1826
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• Rover class — 1 ship sloop, 1832
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• Modeste class — 1 ship sloop, 1837, later re-classed as corvette.
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• Challenger class — 1 ship sloop.
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• Arachne class — 3 ship sloops, 1847, later re-classed as corvettes.
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  Brig-rigged sloops (after 1816)

• Columbine class — 1 brig-sloop, 1826
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• Snake class — 2 brig-sloops, 1832
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• * Dispatch cancelled 1839
• * Dove cancelled 1839
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• * Martin cancelled 1839
• Waterwitch class — 1 brig-sloop, 1834
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• Acorn class — 14 brig-sloops, 1838–1852
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• Frolic class — 1 first-class brig, 1842
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• Experimental brigs — 9 third-class brigs, 1844–1847
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• Nerbudda class — 1 second-class brig, 1848
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• Batch of 4 ordered in January 1831
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• Alecto class – 5 third-class sloops, 1839–1841
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• Driver class – 12 first-class sloops, 1840–1846
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• Bulldog class – 4 first-class sloops, 1844–1845
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• Janus class – 1 first-class sloop, 1844
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• Trident class – 1 third-class sloop, 1845
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• Antelope class – 3 third-class sloops, 1846–1847
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• Basilisk class – 1 first-class sloop, 1848
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• Buzzard class – 1 second-class sloop, 1849
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• Argus class – 1 second-class sloop, 1849
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• Barracouta class – 1 second-class sloop, 1851
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  19th-century screw sloops (to 1903)

• Rattler – sold 1856.
• Phoenix – sold 1864.
• Encounter class — 2 ships, 1846.
• * – broken up 1866.
• * Harrier – cancelled 1851.
• Niger class — 2 ships, 1846.
• * – sold 1869.
• * Florentia – cancelled 1849.
• Conflict class — 4 ships, 1846–1849.
• * – sold 1863.
• * – broken up 1865.
• * Enchantress – cancelled 1851.
• * Falcon – cancelled 1851.
• Plumper – sold 1865.
• Reynard – wrecked 1851.
• Archer class — 2 ships, 1849–1850.
• * Archer – sold 1866.
• * Wasp – sold 1869.
• Miranda – sold 1869.
• Brisk – sold 1870.
• Malacca – sold 1869.

• Cruizer class — 6 ships, 1852–1856.
• * Cruizer – training ship Lark 1893; sold 1912.
• * Hornet – sold 1868.
• * – broken up 1866.
• * – sold 1884.
• * – sold 1869.
• * – loaned to US Navy and then Canadian Government 1884.
• Swallow class — 4 ships, 1854–1866.
• * – sold 1865.
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• * – broken up 1876.
• Racer class — 5 ships, 1856–1860.
• * – sold 1870.
• * – broken up 1876.
• * – broken up 1877.
• * – sold 1875.
• * – sold 1867.
• Greyhound class — 2 ships, 1859.
• * Greyhound – harbour service 1869, sold 1906.
• * Mutine – sold 1870.
• Camelion class — 8 ships, 1860–1866.
• * Camelion – sold 1883.
• * Pelican – sold 1867.
• * Rinaldo – sold 1884.
• * Zebra – sold 1873.
• * Perseus – training ship 1886, renamed Defiance II 1904, sold 1931.
• * Chanticleer – sold 1875.
• * Reindeer – broken up 1876.
• * Rattler – wrecked 1868.
• Rosario class — 7 ships, 1860–1862.
• * Rosario – sold 1884.
• * Peterel – hulked 1885, sold 1901.
• * Rapid – broken up 1881.
• * Shearwater – broken up 1877.
• * Royalist – broken up 1875.
• * Columbine – broken up 1875.
• * Africa – Sold to Chinese Imperial Customs in 1862, renamed China and sailed to join Sherard Osborn's "Vampire Fleet".
• Amazon class — 6 ships, 1865–1866.
• * Amazon – sunk in collision 1866.
• * Vestal – sold 1884.
• * Niobe – wrecked 1874.
• * Dryad – sold 1886.
• * Daphne – sold 1882.
• * Nymphe – sold 1884.
• Eclipse class — 7 ships, 1867–1870
• * Danae – hulked 1886, sold 1906.
• * Blanche – sold 1886.
• * Eclipse – hulked 1888, sold 1921.
• * Sirius – sold 1885.
• * Spartan – sold 1882.
• * Dido – hulked 1886, renamed Actaeon II 1906; sold 1922.
• * Tenedos – sold 1887.
• Fantome class — 6 ships, 1873–1874
• * Fantome – sold 1889
• * Albatross – scrapped 1889
• * Daring – sold 1889
• * Egeria – sold 1911
• * Flying Fish – sold 1888
• * Sappho – sold 1887
• Osprey class — 5 ships, 1876–1877
• * – base ship 1904, sold 1920.
• * – survey ship 1890, to Australia 1913, sold 1924.
• * – sold 1890.
• * – sold 1901.
• * – hulked 1889, renamed Rooke 1946, broken up 1949.
• Doterel class — improved Osprey class, 9 ships, 1878–1880
• * – sold 1892.
• * – sold 1892.
• * – training ship 1903, renamed President 1903 then Mercury 1913; preserved at Chatham 1890.
• * – wrecked 1882.
• * – survey vessel 1883, sold 1892.
• * – training ship 1892, renamed Lark 1892 then Cruizer 1893; sold 1919.
• * – sank in accidental explosion 1881.
• * – boom defence vessel 1899, renamed Azov 1904; sold 1921.
• * – boom defence vessel 1899, renamed Argo 1904; sold 1921.
• Satellite class — 7 ships, 1881–1884 – reclassed as corvettes 1884.
• * – drill ship 1904, sold 1947.
• * – sold 1902.
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• * – hulked 1900, sold 1948.
• * – hulked 1906, sold 1948.
• * – hulked 1897, sold 1929.
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• Nymphe class — 4 ships, 1885–1888
• * – sold 1904.
• * – drill ship 1904, renamed President 1911, sold 1921.
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• * – base ship 1906, sold 1920.
• Beagle class — 2 ships, 1889
• * – sold 1905.
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• Alert class — 2 ships, 1894
• * – sold 1926.
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• Phoenix class — 2 ships, 1895
• * – foundered 1906.
• * – wrecked 1924.
• Condor class — 6 ships, 1898–1900
• * – foundered 1901.
• * – sold 1921.
• * – sold 1932.
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• Cadmus class — 6 ships, 1901–1903
• * – sold 1923.
• * – sold 1925.
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  World War I sloops

• Flower classes of "convoy sloops"
• * Acacia class — 24 ships, 1915
• * Azalea class — 12 ships, 1915
• * Arabis class — 36 ships, 1915–1916
• * Aubrietia class — 12 ships, 1916–1917
• * Anchusa class — 28 ships, 1917–1918
• P class — 45 ships, 1915–1917
• Kil class — 81 ships, 1917–1919
• PC class "Q-ships" — 19 ships, 1917–1918
• 24 class — 22 ships, 1918–1919

  Inter-war sloops

• Bridgewater class — 2 ships, 1928
• Hastings class — 4 ships, 1930
• Shoreham class — 8 ships, 1930–1932
• Grimsby class — 8 ships, 1933–1940
• Kingfisher class — 9 ships, 1934–1939
• Bittern class — 3 ships, 1934–1943
• Egret class — 3 ships, 1938

  World War II sloops

• Black Swan class — 4 ships, 1939–1941
• Modified Black Swan class — 30 ships, 1940–1945
• Banff class — 10 ships, ex-United States Coast Guard cutters, 1927–1931

  Book sources

• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates .