HMS Fawn (1856)
| HMS Fawn Caught in a White Squall, Bass Straits, Australia by Richard Brydges Beechey, 1880 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Fawn | 
| Ordered | 27 March 1852 | 
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard | 
| Laid down | 4 May 1854 | 
| Launched | 30 September 1856 | 
| Commissioned | 26 November 1859 | 
| Decommissioned | 1884 | 
| Fate | 
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cruizer-class screw sloop | 
| Displacement | 1,045 tons | 
| Tons burthen | 747+51⁄94 bm | 
| Length | 
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| Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) | 
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) | 
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) | 
| Installed power | 
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| Propulsion | 
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| Sail plan | Barque-rigged | 
| Speed | 8.7 knots (16.1 km/h; 10.0 mph) | 
| Armament | 
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HMS Fawn was a Royal Navy 17-gun Cruizer-class sloop launched in 1856. She served on the Australia, North America and Pacific stations before being converted to a survey ship in 1876. She was sold and broken up in 1884.