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SOUFFLEUR paddle corvette (1850)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Souffleur     Indret, Nantes 6/1847 17.9.1847 7/1850 tug 1850-1854, stricken 7.1887

 

Displacement normal, t

700

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

49.2 pp

Breadth, m

8.32

Draught, m

3.40

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE side-lever, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

220nhp

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal 150

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 121/8 12pdr SBML carronades

Complement

123

Project history: 220nhp 2nd class paddle corvette, iron hull. Used mostly for towing.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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