Aréthuse late 1880s
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Aréthuse | Arsenal de Toulon | 2/1879 | 1882 | 7/1885 | hulk 1899 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3487 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
74.4 wl |
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Breadth, m |
14.3 |
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Draught, m |
6.91 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + 1 HC, 8 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3200 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 165/28 M1881, 22 x 1 - 139/28 M1881, 8 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss |
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Complement |
467 |
Project history: A ship-rigged, wooden-hulled cruiser with a ram bow and overhanging stern. There was a forecastle and poop with the funnel abaft the foremast. The 165mm guns were in upper deck sponsons with 20 139mm on the main deck broadside and the other 2 on forecastle and poop.
Modernizations: 1891: re-boilered (4000hp, 17kts); - 6 x 1 - 139/28; + 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss.
Naval service: No significant events.
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