Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Bellone | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 26.8.1845 | 26.3.1853 // 11.8.1858 | 8/1859 | stricken 2.1877 |
Displacement normal, t |
2328 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
56.5 pp |
Breadth, m |
14.4 |
Draught, m |
6.74 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 HSE, boilers |
Power, h. p. |
939 |
Max speed, kts |
9.8 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 8 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML |
Complement |
388 |
Project history: 2nd rank frigate, converted to screw after launch since 1857 and relaunched in 1858. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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