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ARCHIMÈDE paddle corvette (1842)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Archimède     Arsenal de Brest 12.4.1841 25.4.1842 9/1842 stricken 4.1853

 

Displacement normal, t

1309

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

56.9 pp

Breadth, m

9.36

Draught, m

4.25 mean

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HSE side-lever, 2 flue boilers

Power, h. p.

220nhp

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal 220

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 223/11 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

123

Project history: 220nhp paddle corvette, later 2nd class paddle corvette.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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