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CRUISERS

CURIEUX screw sloops (1861-1862)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Curieux     Cardon, Hornfleur 1860 13.12.1860 13.2.1861 stricken 2.1879
Diamant     Arman, Bordeaux 12/1859 2.5.1861 1.8.1861 stricken 5.1878

 

Displacement normal, t

856

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

56.2 wl

Breadth, m

9.68

Draught, m

3.96 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 SE, oval boilers

Power, h. p.

560

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

6 x 1 - 120/16 M1858-60 MLR

Complement

87

Project history: Wooden-hulled sloops.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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