Wattignies 1886
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Fleurus | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 3/1891 | 18.3.1893 | 10/1898 | stricken 1910 | ||
| Wattignies | Arsenal de Rochefort | 10/1889 | 9.4.1891 | 5/1892 | stricken 1908 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1280 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
68.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
8.92 |
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Draught, m |
4.80 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Wattignies: 2 HTE, 4 locomotive boilers Fleurus: 2 HTE, 8 Niclausse boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4000 |
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Max speed, kts |
Wattignies: 18.5 Fleurus: 18 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 160 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2800(10) |
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Armour, mm |
steel; deck: 40 |
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Armament |
5 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 4 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 350 TT (aw, beam) |
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Complement |
Wattignies: 162 Fleurus: 173 |
Project history: Similar to the earlier Condor class except where indicated above. Fleurus should have been completed in 1894 but was delayed by defective boilers.
Ship protection: The curved armour deck was 40mm and there was a cofferdam above and splinter deck below over the machinery spaces.
Modernizations: 1890s, both: - 4 - 350 TT
Naval service: No significant events.
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