Éclaireur 1879
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Rigault de Genouilly | Arsenal de Brest | 1873 | 1876 | 1878 | hulk 1899 | ||
| Éclaireur | Arsenal de Toulon | 1874 | 1877 | 1879 | stricken 1902 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Rigault de Genouilly: 1722 Éclaireur: 1800 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
73.9 wl |
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Breadth, m |
10.8 |
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Draught, m |
5.36 - 5.49 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HC, 6 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 205 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3100(10) |
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Armament |
Rigault de Genouilly: 8 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 6 x 5 - 37/20 M1885 Éclaireur: 8 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885 |
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Complement |
194 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled ships but with iron beams and longitudinals. There was a very pronounced curved ram bow and a short forecastle and overhanging stern. Rigault de Genouilly was rigged as a barque without royals and Éclaireur as a ship. In both the 139mm were on the upper deck broadside with a bow and a stern chaser.
Modernizations: 1890, Rigault de Genouilly: was reboilered with Belleville boilers.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014