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ASTROLABE sailing corvette (1811-1812/1825-1846)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Astrolabe (ex-Coquille, ex-Grande Gabarre Écurie No.2)     Arsenal de Toulon 12/1810 8/1811 1/1812 //15.12.1825 condemned 8.1851
Zélée (ex-Grande Gabarre Écurie No.7)     Arsenal de Toulon 7/1811 4/1812 1812 // 1835 screw transport 1854
Lamproie (ex-Grande Gabarre Écurie No.8)     Arsenal de Toulon 8/1811 5/1812 1812 // 1.1846 stricken 10.1849
Émulation (ex-Grande Gabarre Écurie No.12)     Marseille 3/1811 12/1811 5/1812 // 1838 stricken 12.1845

 

Displacement normal, t

520

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

31.6 pp

Breadth, m

8.52

Draught, m

4.18

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Astrolabe: 12 x 1 - 121/8 12pdr SBML carronades

Zélée: 20 x 1 - 121/8 12pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 93/24 6pdr SBML

Émulation: 12 x 1 - 81/21 SBML

Complement

51 - 98

Project history: Grande Gabarre Écurie class, 380 ton transport vessels, converted to 14gun open battery corvettes for various purposes and designated as corvettes in 1846.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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