Chasseur 1885
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bisson | Normand, Le Havre | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | stricken 1892 | ||
| Chasseur | Arsenal de Brest | 1876 | 1878 | 1879 | stricken 1894 | ||
| Dumont d'Urville | Normand, Le Havre | 1876 | 1878 | 1879 | stricken 1897 | ||
| Hussard | Normand, Le Havre | 1875 | 1877 | 1878 | school ship 1897 | ||
| Labourdonnais | Normand, Le Havre | 1873 | 1875 | 1876 | wrecked 21.2.1893 | ||
| Voltigeur | Arsenal de Brest | 1876 | 1878 | 1879 | stricken 1899 |
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Displacement normal, t |
846 - 935 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
61.3 - 61.5 wl |
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Breadth, m |
8.69 |
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Draught, m |
3.86 - 4.29 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + 1 VC, 2 cylindrical boilers Chasseur, Voltigeur: sails + 1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
800 |
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Max speed, kts |
11.5 - 12 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 110 - 200 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
Bisson, Dumont d'Urville: 3 x 1 - 139/21 M1870/M, 1 x 1 - 90/36 M1870, (4 - 6) x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss others: 4 x 1 - 139/21 M1870/M, (4 - 6) x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss |
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Complement |
116 |
Project history: Generally resembled the Parseval, but the masts and funnel were not raked. The 139mm guns were mounted fore and aft with two amidships on the centreline, the 90mm replacing the forward 139mm in the two ships with it.
Modernizations: 1880s, Voltigeur: reboilered with Beleville boilers
Naval service: Labourdonnais was wrecked 21.2.1893 off Madagascar on Sainte-Marie.
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