Fulton 1885
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Fulton | Arsenal de Lorient | 1882 | 1/1887 | 1888 | hulk 1910 | ||
| Inconstant | Arsenal de Toulon | 1882 | 8/1886 | 1887 | guard vessel 1900 | ||
| Papin | Arsenal de Toulon | 1882 | 11/1886 | 1887 | stricken 1900 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Papin, Inconstant: 877 Fulton: 898 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
61.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.00 |
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Draught, m |
4.16 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Papin: 1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers Fulton, Inconstant: 1 HC, 6 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1100 |
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Max speed, kts |
Papin, Inconstant: 12 Fulton: 13.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 160 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 139/30 M1884, 1 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 5 x 5 - 37/20 M1885 |
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Complement |
116 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled sloops with iron beams, rigged as barques or barquentines. There was a short high forecastle, a pronounced ram bow, overhanging stern and a single tall funnel. One 139mm was on the forecastle and two were amidships on the centreline with the 100mm aft on a raised platform.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Inconstant and Papin were finally sold to Ecuador in 1901.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014