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NAPOLÉON screw ship-of-the-line (1852)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Napoléon (ex-24 Février)     Arsenal de Toulon 7.2.1848 16.5.1850 30.8.1852 prison ship 5.1871-4/1872, stricken 11.1876

 

Displacement normal, t

5120

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

71.5 pp

Breadth, m

16.8

Draught, m

8.26

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HSE geared, boilers

Power, h. p.

960nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal 615

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 32 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 14 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 10 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

Complement

913

Project history: 3rd rank two-decker. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: 1861: engine was replaced by 1 HSE, direct action, 1798hp, 12.9kts

Naval service: No significant events.

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