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VENGEANCE sailing frigates (1850)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Vengeance     Arsenal de Lorient 5.10.1829 1.7.1848 1/1850 floating hospital 1863
Entreprenante     Arsenal de Lorient - Caudan 5.10.1829 --- --- built as steam transport since 1858
Victoire (ex-Duchesse d' Orléans)     Arsenal de Lorient 29.6.1830 --- --- built as screw frigate since 1859

 

Displacement normal, t

2500

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

53.6 wl

Breadth, m

14.0

Draught, m

6.75 mean

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 26 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

513

Project history: 1st rank frigates, 60 guns. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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