| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Imperatrice Eugénie, 9.1870- Touraine | Arsenal de Toulon | 4/1854 | 21.8.1856 | 3/1857 | sailing frigate 1872, stricken 2.1878 | ||
| Foudre | Arsenal de Toulon | 5.8.1854 | 2.12.1856 | 5/1857 | prison ship 7.1871-1/1872, stricken 7.1872 | ||
| Audacieuse | Arsenal de Brest | 6.6.1854 | 22.1.1856 | 6/1856 | stricken 4.1870 | ||
| Ardente | Arsenal de Brest | 6.6.1854 | 25.5.1957 | 6/1858 | stricken 11.1869 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3797 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
74.8 pp |
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Breadth, m |
14.8 |
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Draught, m |
6.88 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + 1 4-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1950 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 640 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
Imperatrice Eugénie, Ardente: 6 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No. 1 SBML, 18 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR Audacieuse: 6 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No. 1 SBML, 18 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 2 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades Foudre: 6 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No. 1 SBML, 16 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades |
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Complement |
530 |
Project history: 1st rank screw frigates, 1853 design of S. Dupuy de Lôme. Had poor seakeeping abilities and low quality of construction. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: 1872, Imperatrice Eugénie: engine was removed.
Naval service: Ardente was decommissioned 1.10.1862 after major machinery failure.
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