Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Dessalines (ex-Ethel) | Hillman, Camden, USA | 7/1883 | 1883 | stricken 1915 |
Displacement normal, t |
1200 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
56.4 |
Breadth, m |
9.75 |
Draught, m |
4.50 mean |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
|
Power, h. p. |
760 |
Max speed, kts |
16 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 107/29 30pdr Parrot MLR, 1 x 1 - 100/26 Canet M1881, 2 x 1 - 87/22 Krupp RK L/24 C/82 |
Complement |
Project history: A brig-rigged corvette with one funnel, and built in Philadelphia as the fruit steamer Ethel.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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