Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Dauphin | Auguste Guibert, Nantes | 7.5.1845 | 23.6.1846 | 6/1847 | stricken 3.1868 | ||
Épervier | Auguste Guibert, Nantes | 13.5.1846 | 19.6.1847 | 5/1848 | wrecked 15.4.1857 |
Displacement normal, t |
502 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
49.2 pp |
Breadth, m |
7.61 |
Draught, m |
2.95 mean |
No of shafts |
side wheels |
Machinery |
Dauphin: sails + 1 SE direct-acting, 2 tubular boilers Épervier: sails + 1 SE oscillating, 2 tubular boilers |
Power, h. p. |
180nhp |
Max speed, kts |
Dauphin: 9 Épervier: 9.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 100 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
Dauphin: 2 x 1 - 138/8 18pdr SBML carronades Épervier: 2 x 1 - 121/13 bronze shell SBML |
Complement |
93 |
Project history: 180nhp paddle 1st class avisos, iron hulls.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Épervier wrecked 15.4.1857 at Capbreton near Bayonne because of a leak.
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