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MIGNONNE sailing schooners (1840-1842)

Names

Mignonne

Mouche

Gentille

Fauvette

Builders

Arsenal de Cherbourg: Mignonne, Mouche, Gentille, Fauvette

Completed

1840: Mignonne, Mouche, Gentille

1842: Fauvette

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1849: Mignonne

1868: Gentille, Fauvette

1872: Mouche

 

Displacement normal, t

59

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.2 oa 17.0 pp

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Mignonne, Mouche, Gentille: 1 x 1 SBML carronade

Fauvette: 6 x 1 - 53/17 SBML swivels

Complement

34

Project history: 1-gun schooners for colonial service.

Modernizations: 1840s, Mignonne, Mouche, Gentille: - 1 x 1 SBML carronade; + 4 x 1 - 53/17 SBML swivels

Naval service: No significant events..

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