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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Flamme			Arsenal de Cherbourg	6/1883	8/1885	4/1887	stricken 1906
Fusée			Arsenal de Lorient	10/1882	7.5.1884	12/1885	stricken 1910
Grenade			Arsenal de Lorient	1884	18.10.1888	1889	stricken 1906
Mitraille			Arsenal de Rochefort	1883	3.7.1886	2/1888	stricken 1910

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1073 - 1124
Displacement full, t
Length, m	50.3 wl
Breadth, m	9.90
Draught, m	3.15 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VC, 3 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	1500
Max speed, kts	12.5
Fuel, t	coal 118
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	Flamme, Mitraille: compound; belt: 240 - 100, barbette: 200 - 120, deck: 50 Fusée, Grenade: steel; belt: 240 - 100, barbette: 200 - 120, deck: 50
Armament	1 x 1 - 240/29 M1881, 1 x 1 - 90/28 M1881, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885
Complement	89

Standard scale images

Project history

Small armoured ships for coast defence.

Ship protection

These vessels had a complete belt 0.8m wide increased to 1.2m at the ram. The upper edge was 240mm forward, 200mm amidships and 120mm aft, and the lower edge 180mm, 120mm and 100mm. There was a 50mm deck at the belt upper edge, but the barbette for the 240mm gun had no shield.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.