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PÉTREL paddle aviso (1847)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pétrel     Gaspard Malo, Dunkirk 1/1845 20.12.1846 3/1847 wrecked 5.11.1855

 

Displacement normal, t

505

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

52.5 pp

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

2.83 mean

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl SE oscillating, 2 tubular boilers

Power, h. p.

180nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal 122 max

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 138/8 18pdr SBML carronades

Complement

93

Project history: 180nhp paddle 1st class aviso, iron hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Pétrel wrecked 5.11.1855 at Kristiansand, Norway.

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