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LIAMONE paddle avisos (1830/1844)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Liamone     Arsenal de Toulon 1830 15.6.1830 12/1830 // 8.7.1844 stricken 5.1862
Var     Arsenal de Toulon 1830 10.7.1830 1830 // 8.7.1844 tug 1854

 

Displacement normal, t

169

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

28.0 wl

Breadth, m

5.10

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl SE, flue boilers

Power, h. p.

60nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Liamone: 4 x 1 - 53/17 SBML swivels

Var: 1 x 1 163/13 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 53/17 SBML swivels

Complement

44

Project history: 60nhp steam vessel, later paddle 2nd class avisos. Former mercantile postal packets.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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