Alert-class sloop

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Class overview
Name	Alert-class sloops
Builders	Sheerness Royal Dockyard
Operators	Royal Navy
Built	1894
In commission	1894–1926
Completed	2
Lost	0
General characteristics
Type	Screw steel sloop
Displacement	960 tons
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	1,400 hp (1,044 kW)
Propulsion	Three-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engine; Single screw;
Sail plan	As built:; Barque rigged; After about 1900:; Barquentine rigged;
Complement	107
Armament	6 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) guns; 4 × 3-pounder (47-mm) guns; 3 × machine guns;
Armour	Protective deck of 1 in (2.5 cm) to 1.5 in (3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers.

The Alert class was a two-ship class of 6-gun screw steel sloops built for the Royal Navy in 1894.

Class overview
Torch
Name	Alert-class sloops
Builders	Sheerness Royal Dockyard
Operators	Royal Navy
Built	1894
In commission	1894–1926
Completed	2
Lost	0
General characteristics
Type	Screw steel sloop
Displacement	960 tons
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	1,400 hp (1,044 kW)
Propulsion	Three-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engine Single screw
Sail plan	As built: Barque rigged After about 1900: Barquentine rigged
Complement	107
Armament	6 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) guns 4 × 3-pounder (47-mm) guns 3 × machine guns
Armour	Protective deck of 1 in (2.5 cm) to 1.5 in (3.8 cm) steel over machinery and boilers.