similar N°230 1899
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Names |
N°293 |
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Builders |
Normand, Le Havre: N°293 |
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Completed |
1904: N°293 |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1910: N°293 |
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Displacement normal, t |
94 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
39.5 wl |
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Breadth, m |
4.12 |
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Draught, m |
1.25 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Parsons steam turbines, 2 Normand boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
26 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 1 - 380 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 380 TT |
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Complement |
Project history: Ordered on 29.10.1902 from Normand, the design was essentially a lengthened 278 with modified hull lines, intended to test Parsons turbines. Considerably more successful than the Rateau-engined 243, making a maximum of 27.3kts on trials, nevertheless 293 suffered from the high fuel consumption which was the major drawback of early turbine installations.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: She was stricken in 1910 but survived until 1916 as a tender to the engineering school at Brest.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014