Léger 1896
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Léger | Arsenal de Lorient | 2/1890 | 4.8.1891 | 12/1891 | stricken 1910 | ||
| Lévrier | Arsenal de Lorient | 2/1890 | 2.4.1891 | 12/1891 | stricken 1910 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
503 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
63.0 |
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Breadth, m |
6.96 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 6 Belleville boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
18.7 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 127 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 3 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
89 |
Project history: This class had a single large funnel and two masts. The stem was straight and there was a forecastle continued by the upperworks to 9m from the stern, with the hull sides curved as in the previous class. The 65mm was forward, the 47mm aft and sponsoned on either beam, and the TT were forward and aft of the funnel.
Modernizations: 1890s, both: - 1 - 450 TT (bow)
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014