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VAUBAN paddle frigate (1846)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Vauban (ex-Asmodée)     Arsenal de Lorient 10.7.1840 8.3.1845 10/1846 stricken 6.1865

 

Displacement normal, t

2873

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

70.5 pp

Breadth, m

12.8

Draught, m

5.55 mean

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl DSE, direct action, boilers

Power, h. p.

1313

Max speed, kts

9.5

Fuel, t

coal 565

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

8 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML

Complement

304

Project history: 540nhp paddle frigate.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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