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EPÉE steel gunboat (1874)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Epée     Arsenal de Lorient   1873 1874 stricken 1896

 

Displacement normal, t

185

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.0

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

1.83 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VC, boilers

Power, h. p.

180

Max speed, kts

8.6

Fuel, t

coal 25

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 1 x 1 - 90/36 M1870

Complement

25

Project history: Steel-hulled.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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