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COLBERT paddle corvette (1849)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Colbert     Arsenal de Cherbourg 5.6.1845 5.5.1848 7/1849 stricken 4.1867

 

Displacement normal, t

1566

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

61.1 pp

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

4.71

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE side lever, 4 tubular boilers

Power, h. p.

320nhp

Max speed, kts

8 - 9

Fuel, t

coal 275

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 223/13 No.1 shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

136

Project history: 320nhp 1st class paddle corvette.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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