| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Vénus | Arsenal de Brest | 5.9.1861 | 27.12.1864 | 10/1865 | stricken 12.1886 | ||
| Minerve | Arsenal de Brest | 9/1861 | 10.7.1865 | 7/1866 | stricken 10.1888 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2737 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
75.1 wl |
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Breadth, m |
12.9 |
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Draught, m |
6.48 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
sails + 1 VSE, 6 oval boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1500 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.6 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 341 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
Vénus: 14 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 8 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML Minerve: 10 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 12 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML |
|
Complement |
412 |
Project history: Covered battery corvettes, wooden hull. Reclassified as screw 3rd rank frigates in 1872 and 1st class cruisers in 1874.
Modernizations: 1870s, both: were armed with 14 - 16 x 1 - 139/21 M1870
Naval service: No significant events.
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