| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Palestro | Lucien Arman, Bordeaux | 24.5.1859 | 9.9.1862 | 9/1862 | stricken 8.1871 | ||
| Paixhans | Lucien Arman, Bordeaux | 24.5.1859 | 9.9.1862 | 1/1863 | stricken 8.1871 | ||
| Peï-ho | Lucien Arman, Bordeaux | 20.7.1859 | 25.5.1861 | 10/1862 | stricken 11.1869 | ||
| Saïgon | Lucien Arman, Bordeaux | 20.7.1859 | 24.6.1861 | 10/1862 | stricken 8.1871 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1563 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
46.4 wl 47.5 deck |
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Breadth, m |
14.0 |
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Draught, m |
3.22 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 HP HSE, boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
580 |
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Max speed, kts |
7.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 40 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
wrought iron; belt: 120, battery: 110 |
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Armament |
12 x 1 - 165/18 M1864 MLR |
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Complement |
200 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled floating batteries
which were somewhat smaller but faster than the five built at the time of the
Crimean War. The sides were vertical with a battery height of 1.0m,
and there were two funnels abreast with a light
fore and aft rig on two masts.
Ship protection: Sides were protected by 120mm iron at wl, battery had 110mm armour.
Modernizations: 1860s, all: - 2 x 1 - 165/18
Naval service: Saïgon fired 15.11.1863 and sank in the Charente, salvaged, repaired and commissioned again in March 1864.
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