Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Charlemagne | Arsenal de Toulon | 4/1834 | 16.1.1851 | 12/1851 | steam transport 1868 |
Displacement normal, t |
4124 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
60.1 pp |
Breadth, m |
16.2 |
Draught, m |
7.90 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 4-cyl HSE direct action, boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1206 |
Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 260 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
6 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML |
Complement |
814 |
Project history: 3rd rank two-decker, converted to screw on the stocks since 1850. Can make 11kts under sail. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Charlemagne was damaged by a shell explosion in the engine room 17.10.1854.
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