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ESPADON paddle avisos (1861-1863)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Espadon     Ernest Gouin, Nantes 10/1859 4.6.1860 7/1863 stricken 6.1880
Phoque     Ernest Gouin, Nantes 10/1859 6.6.1860 7/1861 stricken 7.1886
Archimède     Ernest Gouin, Nantes 10/1859 1.8.1860 7/1861 stricken 7.1881

 

Displacement normal, t

318 - 379

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

42.3 pp

Breadth, m

7.17

Draught, m

2.09

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl SE oscillating, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

254

Max speed, kts

8.3

Fuel, t

coal 93

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 86/15 4pdr M1857 MLR

Complement

44

Project history: 80nhp paddle avisos de flottille, iron hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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