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Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
N°27	Normand, Le Havre: N°27	1879: N°27	none	none	1903: N°27

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	43
Displacement full, t
Length, m	31.8 wl
Breadth, m	3.30
Draught, m	0.90
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 2-cyl VCR, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.	320 - 500
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 - 380 TT (bow)
Complement	12

Project history

Ordered 12.11.1877. The original bow TT was converted to compressed air in 1880 after it was found that steam obscured the helmsman's view on launching the torpedo. This was replaced during 1887-9 by a spar torpedo and a twin trainable TT mounting aft, but stability was adversely affected and the spar was removed and the superstructure cut down. This vessel was particularly successful and served as a prototype for the '33-metre' type.

Modernizations

1889: - 1 - 380 TT; + 1 x 2 - 380 TT, 1 spar torpedo

1890: - 1 spar torpedo

Naval service

Stricken in 1903 and sold in 1904.