Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Tocsin | Arsenal de Lorient | 22.11.1854 | 3.4.1855 | 5/1855 | stricken 8.1857 | ||
Bombe | Arsenal de Lorient | 11/1854 | 18.4.1855 | 5/1855 | schooner 1858, stricken 10.1859 | ||
Fournaise | Arsenal de Lorient | 12/1854 | 24.4.1855 | 5/1855 | stricken 6.1858 | ||
Torche | Arsenal de Lorient | 12.12.1854 | 2.5.1855 | 5/1855 | stricken 6.1858 | ||
Trombe | Arsenal de Lorient | 12.12.1854 | 5.5.1855 | 6/1855 | stricken 8.1857 |
Displacement normal, t |
183 |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
24.0 pp |
Breadth, m |
6.24 |
Draught, m |
1.98 |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 305/3 SBML mortars |
Complement |
21 |
Project history: Bomb vessels, designed for Crimean War service. Rigged as brig-schooners and were designed to be towed into action by screw gunboats. Both mortars fired starboard.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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