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COSMAO screw corvettes (1862-1867)

Decrès 1869

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Cosmao     Arsenal de Lorient 26.11.1856 10.6.1861 7/1862 stricken 6.1881
Decrès     Arsenal de Lorient 23.10.1861 10.9.1866 4/1867 stricken 6.1890

 

Displacement normal, t

1619

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

64.4 pp

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

5.45

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 HC, trunk, 4 oval boilers

Power, h. p.

1317

Max speed, kts

11.7

Fuel, t

coal 310

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 6 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML

Complement

191

Project history: Wooden hull.

Modernizations: 1870s, Cosmao: - 10 x 1 - 165/17; + 12 x 1 - 139/21 M1870/M

1870s, Decrès: - 10 x 1 - 165/17; + 1 x 1 165/21 M1870, 9 x 1 - 139/21 M1870M

Naval service: No significant events.

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