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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

CRUISERS

DURANCE sailing corvette (1849)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Durance     Auguste Guibert, Nantes 7/1847 27.9.1848 6/1849 transport 1849/51, stricken 4.1854

 

Displacement normal, t

1340

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

44.1 pp

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

4.87

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

18 x 1 - 151/8 24pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML

Complement

 

Project history: 800t flute or corvette de charge of Moselle class, completed as 24gun quarterdecked corvettes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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