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ÉCLAIREUR paddle avisos (1847-1849)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Éclaireur     Indret, Nantes 11.1.1847 24.9.1847 11/1847 stricken 2.1868
Prométhée     Indret, Nantes 12/1846 11.10.1848 1/1849 stricken 2.1868

 

Displacement normal, t

541

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

51.8 pp

Breadth, m

8.32

Draught, m

3.32

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE oscillating, 4 tubular boilers

Power, h. p.

Éclaireur: 646

Max speed, kts

Éclaureur: 11.7

Prométhée: 11.1

Fuel, t

coal 160

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Éclaureur: 2 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Prométhée: 4 x 1 - 121/13 bronze shell SBML

Complement

Éclaureur: 93

Prométhée: 105

Project history: 200nhp paddle 1st class avisos, iron hulls.

Modernizations: 1850s, Prométhée: was armed with 2 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Naval service: No significant events.

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