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COMÈTE composite gunboats (1885 - 1886)

Comète 1885

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Comète     Arsenal de Cherbourg   1882 1884 stricken 1909
Gabès     Arsenal de Rochefort   1884 1884 hulk 1902
Lion     Normand, Le Havre   1884 1884 stricken 1904
Météore     Arsenal de Cherbourg   1885 1885 stricken 1900
Scorpion     F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne   1884 1884 stricken 1904

 

Displacement normal, t

492

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

46.2 pp

Breadth, m

7.54

Draught, m

3.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

11 - 12

Fuel, t

coal 70

Endurance, nm(kts) 1100(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 139/21 M1870M, 2 x 1 - 100/27 M1875, 3 x 5 - 37/20 M1885

Complement

76

Project history: Composite gunboats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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