Screw sloop
A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. They were popularized in the mid-19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine and the transition of fleets to this new technology.[1][2] Ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's screws (propellers).[3]
USS Alaska, a screw sloop
Other propeller-driven warships included screw frigates and screw corvettes.[3]
See also
- CSS Alabama
- USS Alaska
- USS Contoocook
- HMS Gannet, now a museum ship.
- USS Housatonic, sunk by the first successful submarine attack.
- USS Wyoming
- Watergeus-class sloop
- Japanese warship Nisshin
References
- Bennett, Frank M. (1900). The Monitor and the Navy Under Steam (PDF). Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. p. 29. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- Shaughnessy, Edward J. (April 2000). "A Death in the Narrows". Naval History Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- Brown, Wesley A. (15 August 2014). Analysis Of The Relationship Between Technology And Strategy And How They Shaped The Confederate States Navy. Golden Springs Publishing. ISBN 9781782896067. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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