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CONSTANTINE sailing corvette (1852)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Constantine     Arsenal de Rochefort 17.8.1846 10.10.1851 9/1852 HQ vessel 12.1862

 

Displacement normal, t

1142

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

45.7 pp

Breadth, m

11.5

Draught, m

5.99 mean

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/13 shell  SBML

Complement

254

Project history: 30-gun spardecked corvette. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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