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NARVAL paddle avisos (1844)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Narval     Louis Benet, La Ciotat 5/1843 29.9.1844 12/1844 stricken 6.1875
Australie     Chaigneau & Bichon, Bordeaux-Lormont 20.6.1843 17.8.1844 12/1844 stricken 4.1867

 

Displacement normal, t

699

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

51.5 pp

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

3.06 mean

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl SE side-lever, 1 flue boiler

Power, h. p.

160nhp

Max speed, kts

Narval: 9.3

Australie: 8.8

Fuel, t

coal 120 max

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

78

Project history: 160nhp steam vessels, later paddle 1st class avisos, iron hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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