| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Chaptal | Farnçois Cavé, Asnières-sur-Seine/Cavé | 7/1844 | 9.12.1845 | 11/1846 | wrecked 25.10.1862 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1007 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
54.3 wl |
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Breadth, m |
9.53 |
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Draught, m |
3.76 mean |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE oscillating direct-action, boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
220nhp |
|
Max speed, kts |
9.8 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 260 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 1 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No. 1 SBML |
|
Complement |
123 |
Project history: 2nd class corvette, iron hull. Originally planned as paddle corvette but reordered in 1842 as screw ship for comparison with paddle ships of the same class.
Modernizations: 1847: - 1 x 1 - 223/12, 1 x 1 - 165/17
Naval service: Chaptal ran ashore 25.10.1862 in a storm near Vera Cruz, Mexico.
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