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AKBA paddle avisos (1854-1855)

Names

Akba

Guet N'Dar

Builders

Charles-Mochel Nillus, Le Havre: Akba, Guet N'Dar

Completed

1854: Akba

1855: Guet N'Dar

Losses

Guet N'Dar (7/1857)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1859: Akba

 

Displacement normal, t

48

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

20.3 pp

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

0.80 mean

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE, boiler

Power, h. p.

20nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 shell SBML

Complement

15 - 25

Project history: 20nhp paddle 2nd class avisos. Iron hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Guet N'Dar grounded 14.11.1856 at Diakandape in the upper Senegal River, used as fort until June 1857, when she was refloated. In July 1857 she was attacked off Médine, grounded again and abandoned by crew.

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