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MERCURE sailing brig (1843)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Mercure     Arsenal de Brest 26.6.1841 25.5.1842 2/1843 stricken 3.1862

 

Displacement normal, t

618

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

34.0 pp

Breadth, m

9.40

Draught, m

4.62

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

16 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

101

Project history: 18-gun brig.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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