Kersaint 1905
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Kersaint | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1896 | 8.1897 | 10.1898 | wrecked 5.3.1919 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1276 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
68.6 |
|
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
|
Draught, m |
4.57 max |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 VTE, 4 Lagrafel d`Allest boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
2400 |
|
Max speed, kts |
16 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 196 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 5 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 7 x 1 - 37/20 M1885 |
|
Complement |
146 |
Project history: Steel-hulled sloop, sheathed and coppered, with a ram bow and overhanging stern, barquentine rigged. The 139mm was on the forecastle with one 100mm on the poop and the others in upper deck sponsons.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Kersaint was lost by stranding on a reef at Tahiti 5.3.1919.
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