Arrow-class gunvessel
HMS Beagle and Wrangler by Sir Oswald Brierly, 1855  | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Arrow class | 
| Builders | 
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| Operators | 
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| Cost | 
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| Built | 1854 | 
| In commission | 1854–1866, 1875-1902 | 
| Completed | 7 | 
| Lost | 0 | 
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 586 tons | 
| Tons burthen | 476 68⁄94 bm | 
| Length | 160 ft (48.8 m) | 
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) | 
| Draught | 11 ft 8 in (3.6 m) (aft) | 
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) | 
| Installed power | 
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| Propulsion | 
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged | 
| Complement | 65 | 
| Armament | 
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The Arrow class comprised six second-class screw-driven vessels built as dispatch vessels for the Royal Navy in 1854, mounting six guns. In 1856 they were re-designated as second-class gunvessels. A seventh vessel was built for the Argentine Navy in 1875.