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CHÂTEAURENAULT wooden cruiser (1869)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Châteaurenault     Augustin Normand, Le Havre 1865 1868 1869 hulk 1895

 

Displacement normal, t

1820

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

78.2 pp

Breadth, m

10.7

Draught, m

5.74 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 HC, 4 oval boilers

Power, h. p.

1700

Max speed, kts

14.3

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 165/18 M1864/66, 6 x 1 - 139/18 M1864/66

Complement

202

Project history: Wooden hulled, barque-rigged, 1310m² sail area.

Modernizations: 1870s: - 1 x 1 - 165/18, 6 x 1 - 139/18; + 7 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service: No significant events.

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