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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

GALILÉE paddle avisos (1853)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Galilée     Arsenal de Lorient 26.7.1849 12.8.1851 3/1853 sail transport 4.1868
Bisson (ex-Tantale)     Arsenal de Lorient 26.7.1849 25.7.1850 5/1853 stricken 6.1871

 

Displacement normal, t

304

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

42.1 pp

Breadth, m

6.70

Draught, m

2.70

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE oscillating, 1 tubular boiler

Power, h. p.

312

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal 61

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 138/8 18pdr SBML carronades

Complement

64

Project history: 120nhp paddle 2nd class avisos, wooden hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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