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Véloce Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Coureur		255	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	1887	13.6.1888	1888	sold 1912
Véloce			F C de la Méditerranée, Graville	1890	4.11.1891	1892	sold 1910
Grondeur			F C de la Méditerranée, Graville	1890	13.2.1892	1892	stricken 11.1925

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Coureur: 101 others: 117
Displacement full, t	Coureur: 125 others: 131
Length, m	Coureur: 44.9 wl others: 45.1 wl
Breadth, m	Coureur: 4.34 others: 4.42
Draught, m	Coureur: 1.35 others: 1.39
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Coureur: 2 VCR, 2 Thornycroft boilers others: 2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	Coureur: 1500 others: 1750
Max speed, kts	23.5
Fuel, t	Coureur: coal 8 others: coal 14
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 - 350 TT (bow)
Complement

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Project history

Courier was really test ship for Thornycroft watertube boiler, she was ordered in 1887. Her steel hull appeared too fragile in service. She had two rudders, one ahead and one aft of the propeller and reached 23.62kts on trials. Courier was designed with 3-masted schooner rig but served only with one mast. Other pair was ordered in 1890 under basically the same design but with heavier scantlings.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.