NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Fontenoy			Arsenal de Toulon	6/1827	2.12.1858	2/1859	prison ship 5.1871-5/1872, sail transport 1879

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4051
Displacement full, t
Length, m	62.5 pp
Breadth, m	16.3
Draught, m	7.50 mean
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers
Power, h. p.	1343
Max speed, kts	10.5
Fuel, t	coal 428
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	14 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 18 x 1 - 163/8 SBML carronades
Complement	814

Project history

3rd rank two-decker, converted to screw on the stocks. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Fontenoy collided with British steamer Pactolus in January 1862 during trooping to Mexico.