| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| No.1 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 6/1859 | 10.8.1859 | 8/1859 | sunk 4-5/1871 | ||
| No.2 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 6/1859 | 10.8.1859 | 8/1859 | stricken 7.1871 | ||
| No.3 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 6/1859 | 10.8.1859 | 8/1859 | stricken 7.1871 | ||
| No.4 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 6/1859 | 10.8.1859 | 8/1859 | scuttled 5.1871 | ||
| No.5, 4.1871- Commune, 5.1871- No.5 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 6/1859 | 10.8.1859 | 8/1859 | stricken 10.1874 |
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Displacement normal, t |
142 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
21.9 |
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Breadth, m |
7.70 |
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Draught, m |
1.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
sails + 2 SE, 2 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
95 |
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Max speed, kts |
4.2 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 6 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 50, battery: 50 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 165/17 MLR |
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Complement |
30 |
Project history: Screw sectional armoured floating batteries, iron hulls.
Ship protection: 50cm iron armour on 30cm backing protected the waterline, battery was also protected by 50mm armour.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Nos.1, 2, 4 and 5 were seized by Paris Communards 18.3.1871. No.1 was sunk by Government artillery at Saint-Deniz in April or May 1871, No.4 was scuttled at Saint-Deniz in May 1871. Nos. 2 and 5 were retaken by Government forces in May.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014