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NO.12 screw gun launches (1860-1863)

Names

No.12, 1.1867- Arc

No.13, 1.1867- Carabine

No.14, 1.1867- Sainte Anne

No.15

No.16, 1.1867- Casse-Tête

No.17

No.18, 1.1867- Cimeterre

No.19, 1.1867- Coutelas

No.20, 1.1867- Dague

No.21, 1.1867- Sainte Marie

No.22, 1.1867- Epée

No.23, 1.1867- Espingole

No.24, 1.1867- Fauconneau

No.25

No.26

No.27, 1.1867- Faulx

No.28, 1.1867- Flamberge

No.29, 1.1867- Fleuret

No.30, 1.1867- Framée

No.31, 1.1867- Glaive

Builders

F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre: No.12-31

Completed

1860: No.12-16, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 31

1861: No.17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30

1863: No.23, 28

Losses

Arc (foundered 14.10.1873), No.15 (explosion 14.10.1863), Casse-Tête (explosion 7.5.1867), No.17 (foundered 6.2.1861), Epée (explosion 25.1.1867), No.25 (explosion 3.3.1862), No.26 (foundered 28.1.1861)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1870: Cimeterre, Fauconneau

1872: Sainte Anne, Sainte Marie

1878: Dague, Espingole, Faulx, Fleuret

1885: Coutelas, Flamberge, Glaive

1889: Carabine

1891: Framée

 

Displacement normal, t

89

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.7 pp

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

1.69

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 SE, boiler

Power, h. p.

20nhp

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 165/17 M1858 MLR

Complement

20

Project history: Screw sectional gun launches, iron hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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