It was the further successes of the large fast cruiser in the American Civil War that prompted the Admiralty to lay down the Inconstant, the Shah and the Raleigh in the late 1860s and early 1870s.
Yayikwaluphumelelo olungaphaya kwesijikelezi esikhulu nesibalekayo kwiCivil War yaseAmerika eyabangela umphathi okokuba amise iInconstant, iShah kunye neRaleigh kwiminyaka esekupheleni koo1860 nakwesekuqaleni koo1870.