Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Comète | Lucien Arman, Bordeaux | 12/1858 | 29.9.1859 | 1/1860 | stricken 7.1872 |
Displacement normal, t |
820 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
75.8 pp |
Breadth, m |
8.90 |
Draught, m |
2.65 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 SE, boilers |
Power, h. p. |
120nhp |
Max speed, kts |
10.7 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 165/17 MLR |
Complement |
79 |
Project history: 1st class gunboat, wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Comète served as prison ship and transport for Communards in 1871-1872.
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