Sloop classes: 24 class sloops, Alert class sloops, Amazon class sloops, Beagle class sloops, Cadmus class sloops, Camelion class sloop

Sloop classes: 24 class sloops, Alert class sloops, Amazon class sloops, Beagle class sloops, Cadmus class sloops, Camelion class sloop

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: 24 class sloops, Alert class sloops, Amazon class sloops, Beagle class sloops, Cadmus class sloops, Camelion class sloop, Condor class sloops, Cormorant class sloops, Cruizer class sloops, Eclipse class sloops, Fantome class sloops, Greyhound class sloops, Nymphe class sloops, Phoenix class sloops, Satellite class sloops, Cruizer class brig-sloop, HMS Hazard, HMS Lynx, HMS Lark, HMS Alert, HMS Dryad, Cherokee class brig-sloop, P class sloop, HMS Hornet, HMS Dido, Rosario class sloop, HMS Hyacinth, HMS Egeria, Arabis class sloop, HMAS Moresby, HMS Fantome, HMS Shearwater, HMS Hesper, HMS Torch, Cormorant class ship-sloop, HMS Herald, Osprey class sloop, HMS Algerine, HMS Favourite, HMS Racoon, HMS Blossom, HMS Clio, Racer class sloop, HMS Sabrina, HMS Royalist, HMS Nymphe, HMS Buzzard, Swallow class sloop, Seagull class brig-sloop, HMS Dauntless, HMS Rapid, HMS Daring, HMS Blanche, HMS Pylades, HMS Falcon, HMS Cruizer, Crocus class brig-sloop, HMS Flying Fish, HMS Cherub, HMS Cormorant, HMS Harrier, HMIS Clive, Fly class brig-sloop, HMS Danae, HMIS Lawrence, HMS Fawn, HMS Reindeer, HMS Orby, HMS Zebra, HMS Donovan. Excerpt: The Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging. A ship-sloop was rigged with three masts whereas a brig-sloop was rigged as a brig with two masts - a fore mast and a main mast. The Cruizer class was the most numerous class of warships built by the British during the Napoleonic wars, with 110 vessels built to this design, and the second most numerous class of sailing warship built to a single design for any navy at any time, after the smaller 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloops. Of the vessels in the class, eight (8%) were lost to the enemy, either destroyed or taken. Another was taken, but retaken. Fourteen (1...

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