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ALEXANDRE screw ship-of-the-line (1858)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Alexandre     Arsenal de Rochefort 30.5.1848 27.3.1857 14.4.1858 gunnery TS 5.1872

 

Displacement normal, t

5292

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

73.4 pp

Breadth, m

16.3

Draught, m

8.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.

800nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal 600

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 20 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

913

Project history: 2nd rank two-decker, converted to screw on the stocks. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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