Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Boursaint | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1868 | 1872 | 1873 | stricken 1892 | ||
Bruix | Bordeaux | 1865 | 1867 | 1868 | stricken 1882 |
Displacement normal, t |
767 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
61.2 wl |
Breadth, m |
8.53 |
Draught, m |
3.89 max |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers |
Power, h. p. |
680 |
Max speed, kts |
11.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 100 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 165/18 M1858-60 MLR, 4 x 1 - 120/16 M1858-60 MLR |
Complement |
94 |
Project history: Ram-bowed, wooden-hulled sloops with iron beams and braces and rigged as barques without royals. Boursaint later mounted 1-5.5in M1870, 2-3.9in and 4-lpdr revolvers.
Modernizations: 1870s, Boursaint: - 1 x 1 - 165/18, 4 x 1 - 120/16; + 1 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 2 x 1 - 90/36 M1870, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss
Naval service: No significant events.
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