Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
D'Estrées | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 1864 | 1867 | 1869 | stricken 1891 | ||
Hamelin | Arsenal de Lorient | 1864 | 1866 | 1868 | hulk 1889 | ||
L'Hermitte | Arsenal de Brest | 1864 | 1867 | 1869 | wrecked 1874 | ||
Limier | Arsenal de Brest | 1864 | 1866 | 1868 | stricken 1887 | ||
Volta | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 1864 | 1867 | 1869 | stricken 1892 |
Displacement normal, t |
1323 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
63.4 wl |
Breadth, m |
10.4 |
Draught, m |
4.47 - 4.85 max |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 HC, 2 oval boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1000 - 1100 |
Max speed, kts |
12 - 12.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 200-235 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 165/18 M1864/66, 4 x 1 - 139/18 M1864/66 |
Complement |
154 |
Project history: Wooden hull. Mostly rigged as barques.
Modernizations: 1870s, D'Estrées, Hamelin: - 1 x 1 - 165/18, 4 x 1 - 139/18; + 1 x 1 - 165/21 M1870, 5 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss
1870s, Limier, Volta: - 1 x 1 - 165/18, 4 x 1 - 139/18; + 6 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss
Naval service: L'Hermitte wrecked in 1874.
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