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CRUISERS

PHOQUE paddle corvettes (1843)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Phoque     Indret, Nantes 2.3.1841 7.8.1842 4/1843 stricken 9.1855
Espadon     Indret, Nantes 2.3.1841 4.10.1842 3/1844 stricken 12.1852

 

Displacement normal, t

1196

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

56.1 pp

Breadth, m

9.48

Draught, m

4.00 mean

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 HSE side-lever, 2 flue boilers

Power, h. p.

220nhp

Max speed, kts

8.9 - 9.1

Fuel, t

coal 263

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

6 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

123

Project history: 220nhp paddle corvettes, later 2nd class paddle corvettes, laid down as packets.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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