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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014