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POURSUIVANTE sailing frigates (1846-1849)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Poursuivante     Arsenal de Toulon 5.5.1827 16.11.1844 3/1846 floating workshop 1863
Zénobie     Arsenal de Toulon 3/1828 29.7.1847 8/1848 screw frigate 9.1859, stricken 8.1868
Sibylle     Arsenal de Toulon 9/1829 7.11.1847 1/1849 transport 1860

 

Data variant sailing

Displacement normal, t

2303

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

52.5 pp

Breadth, m

13.8

Draught, m

6.50

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Poursuivante, Zénobie: 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Sibylle: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

441

Project history: 2nd rank frigates, 52 guns.

Modernizations: 1848-1850, Poursuivante, Zénobie: - 4 x 1 - 165/15; + 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML

1859, Zénobie: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table

Data variant screw

Displacement normal, t

2485

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

57.1 pp

Breadth, m

13.8

Draught, m

6.69

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.

200nhp

Max speed, kts

8.9

Fuel, t

coal 180

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 8 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR

Complement

388

Naval service: No significant events.

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