A screw sloop (ScSlp) is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's screws (propellers). Other propeller-driven warships included screw frigates and screw corvettes.
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““Cham” is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)