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CAPÉLAN sailing cutter (1842)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Capélan (ex-Papillon)     Arsenal de Cherbourg 26.6.1841 29.12.1841 1842 stricken 6.1892

 

Displacement normal, t

104

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

17.8 oa 16.9 pp

Breadth, m

5.95

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 SBML carronades

Complement

20

Project history: 4-gun cutter built for fishery protection.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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