Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Gorgone | Chaigneau & Bichon, Bordeaux-Lormont | 1.10.1846 | 14.8.1848 | 1/1851 | wrecked 19.12.1869 |
Displacement normal, t |
990 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
63.8 pp |
Breadth, m |
9.52 |
Draught, m |
3.22 mean |
No of shafts |
side wheels |
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl SE oscillating, 4 tubular boilers |
Power, h. p. |
300nhp |
Max speed, kts |
8 |
Fuel, t |
coal 175 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML |
Complement |
128 |
Project history: 300nhp 2nd class paddle corvette, iron hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Gorgone wrecked 19.12.1869 on the Black Rocks at Brest.
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