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Benjamin Constant as completed

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Benjamin Constant			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France	18.11.1891	11.10.1892	4.9.1894	disarmed 3.1926

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2750
Displacement full, t	2820
Length, m	72.1 pp 74.0 oa
Breadth, m	13.6
Draught, m	5.64 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE
Power, h. p.	4000
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	coal 260
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	deck: 51, CT: 95
Armament	4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W, 8 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong P, 2 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 4 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement	216 (400 with cadets)

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Project history

Built under special project for Brazil, Constant officially was registered as training ship, but had strong armament for her time and can be considered as cruiser. At the same time slow speed and weak protection sharply reduced her battle qualities. Ship has 3-mast barque rig. Ship was originally armed with 152/32 Armstrong M and 120/32 Armstrong M BL guns but was rearmed by QF guns when she laid at Toulon waiting an end of mutiny in Brazil.

Ship protection

Ship was protected by 51mm deck.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.