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GUICHEN screw sloops (1866-1868)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvet | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1863 | 5/1865 | 1866 | wrecked 17.9.1871 | ||
| Bruat | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1866 | 10/1867 | 1868 | hulk 1886 | ||
| Guichen | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1863 | 1865 | 1866 | stricken 1888 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 748 - 787 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 55.6 wl |
| Breadth, m | 8.56 |
| Draught, m | 3.94 max |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + 1 HC, 2 oval boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 575 |
| Max speed, kts | 10.7 |
| Fuel, t | coal 90 - 100 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | 1 x 1 - 165/18 M1858-60 MLR, 4 x 1 - 120/16 M1858-60 MLR |
| Complement | 85 - 99 |
Project history
Barque-rigged wooden hulled sloops with clipper bows and raked masts and funnel.
Modernizations
1870s, Guichen: - 1 x 1 - 165/18, 4 x 1 - 120/16; + 1 x 1 - 165/21 M1870, 2 x 1 - 139/21 M1870
1870s, Bruat: - 1 x 1 - 165/18, 4 x 1 - 120/16; + 3 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 1 x 1 - 90/36 M1870, 3 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss
Naval service
Bouvet wrecked near Haiti17.9.1871.
