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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

CRUISERS

ADONIS screw sloops (1864)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Adonis     Ajaccio 1860 1863 1864 hulk 1883
Amphion     Ajaccio 1860 1863 1864 wrecked 21.4.1866

 

Displacement normal, t

750

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

54.3 wl

Breadth, m

8.53

Draught, m

3.66 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 SE, oval boilers

Power, h. p.

550

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 120/16 M1858-60 MLR

Complement

88

Project history: Wooden-hulled sloops.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Amphion was lost 21.4.1866 off Vera Cruz.

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