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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

CROCODILE composite gunboats (1875 - 1883)

similar Comète 1885

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Crocodile     Arsenal de Cherbourg   1874 1874 hulk 1899
Monette     A C Bordeaux   1884 1884 stricken 1888
Lutin     Arsenal de Cherbourg   1877 1877 to Cambodia 1897 (Lutin)
Lynx     Arsenal de Cherbourg   1878 1878 stricken 1899
Aspic     Arsenal de Rochefort   1880 1880 stricken 1906
Capricorne     Normand, Le Havre   1882 1882 stricken 1907
Sagittaire     Normand, Le Havre   1881 1881 stricken 1896
Vipère     Arsenal de Rochefort   1881 1881 stricken 1905

 

Displacement normal, t

465 - 492

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

44.1 wl

Breadth, m

7.29

Draught, m

2.90 - 3.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

440

Max speed, kts

10 - 11

Fuel, t

coal 50

Endurance, nm(kts) 1100(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 2 x 1 - 90/36 M1870, (2 - 4) x 5 - 37/20 M1885

Complement

76

Project history: Composite gunboats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014