| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Véloce | Arsenal de Rochefort | 15.9.1836 | 12.3.1838 | 8/1838 | stricken 11.1860 | ||
| Lavoisier | Indret, Nantes | 16.8.1836 | 4.10.1838 | 1/1839 | stricken 4.1865 | ||
| Caméléon | Arsenal de Rochefort | 17.7.1837 | 20.11.1839 | 6/1840 | HQ ship 9.1857 | ||
| Gassendi | Indret, Nantes | 15.6.1837 | 27.9.1840 | 1/1841 | stricken 2.1865 | ||
| Pluton | Arsenal de Brest | 26.2.1838 | 22.4.1841 | 9/1841 | wrecked 14.11.1854 |
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Displacement normal, t |
first four: 1334 Pluton: 1509 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
first four: 59.4 pp Pluton: 60.3 pp |
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Breadth, m |
first four: 9.16 Pluton: 9.24 |
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Draught, m |
first four: 4.23 Pluton: 4.60 |
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No of shafts |
side wheels |
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Machinery |
Véloce: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, side lever, 1 Fawcett flue boiler with 4 compartments Lavoisier, Caméléon: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, side lever, 1 Fawcett flue boiler with 6 compartments others: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, side lever, 2 flue boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
440 |
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Max speed, kts |
8 - 9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 380 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 223/11 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Pluton: 2 x 1 - 223/11 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr SBML |
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Complement |
123 |
Project history: 220nhp steam vessels, later paddle 2nd class corvettes. Had three-masted rig with 1388m² sail area, Pluton first became two-masted with 1114m² sails, other ships were later so modified .
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Pluton was blown ashore 14.11.1854 in a storm while at anchor at Eupatoria, Crimea.
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