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CRUISERS

SANÉ wooden cruisers (1872-1976)

Fabert 1876

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Fabert     Arsenal de Rochefort 1868 1874 1876 stricken 1899
Sané     Arsenal de Toulon 1867 1869 1872 stricken 1892
Seignelay     Arsenal de Toulon 1866 1874 1876 wrecked 1892

 

Displacement normal, t

2017 average

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

79.4 wl

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

5.59 - 5.87 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

Fabert: sails + 1 HC, 4 oval boilers

Sané: sails + 1 VC, 4 oval boilers

Seignelay: sails + 1 VC, 6 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

1800 - 2000

Max speed, kts

14.9 - 15

Fuel, t

coal 330 - 350

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Fabert, Segnelay: 8 x 1 - 139/21 M1870/M

Sané: 6 x 1 - 139/21 M1870/M

Complement

203

Project history: Wooden-hulled, straight-stemmed ships rigged as barques without royals. There was a short forecastle and Sané had a tripod foremast. The 139mm guns included a bow and a stern chaser with the rest on the upper deck broadside, the four in Sané being two to a sponson amidships

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Seignelay wrecked in 1892.

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