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PSYCHÉ sailing frigates (1845-1851)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Psyché     Arsenal de Brest 14.6.1842 28.9.1844 1/1845 service craft 6.1863
Clorinde     Arsenal de Cherbourg 5.6.1843 19.8.1845 12/1848 screw frigate 5.1857, stricken 1.1888
Isis     Arsenal de Brest 3.8.1846 29.7.1851 1851 transport frigate 1.1873, seagoing TS 9.1875, stricken 11.1886
Armorique     Arsenal de Lorient - Caudan 19.4.1850 --- --- built as screw frigate since 1858

 

Data variant sailing

Displacement normal, t

1708

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

48.3 pp

Breadth, m

13.3

Draught, m

6.15

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

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

Complement

327

Project history: 3rd rank frigates, 40 guns. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: 1857, Clorinde: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table

Data variant screw

Displacement normal, t

1720

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

52.0 pp

Breadth, m

13.3

Draught, m

5.70 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.

563

Max speed, kts

8.8

Fuel, t

coal 142

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

20 x 1 - 165/14 MLR

Complement

388

1867, Clorinde: - 2 x 1 - 165/14

Naval service: No significant events.

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