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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

LUCIFER screw avisos (1854)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Lucifer     Arsenal de Rochefort 12.2.1852 24.5.1853 3/1854 stricken 10.1874
Mégère     Arsenal de Rochefort 7.4.1852 19.7.1853 4/1854 sail transport 3.1871

 

Displacement normal, t

820

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

51.5 - 51.6 pp

Breadth, m

8.15

Draught, m

3.78

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl SE, trunk, boilers

Power, h. p.

200nhp

Max speed, kts

Lucifer: 9.8

Mégère: 9.1

Fuel, t

coal 150

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 2 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

93

Project history: 200nhp screw 1st class avisos, wooden hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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