 HMS Hornet (1854)

HMS "Hornet" was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop of the "Cruizer" class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868.Originally ordered in April 1847 as a "Screw Schooner", she was suspended in August 1847 and re-ordered on 1 November 1850 to the same design as HMS "Cruizer".