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TORPEDO SHIPS
WATTIGNIES torpedo cruisers (1892 - 1898)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleurus | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 3/1891 | 18.3.1893 | 10/1898 | stricken 1910 | ||
| Wattignies | Arsenal de Rochefort | 10/1889 | 9.4.1891 | 5/1892 | stricken 1908 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1280 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 68.0 pp |
| Breadth, m | 8.92 |
| Draught, m | 4.80 max |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | Wattignies: 2 HTE, 4 locomotive boilers Fleurus: 2 HTE, 8 Niclausse boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 4000 |
| Max speed, kts | Wattignies: 18.5 Fleurus: 18 |
| Fuel, t | coal 160 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2800(10) |
| Armour, mm | steel; deck: 40 |
| Armament | 5 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 4 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 350 TT (aw, beam) |
| Complement | Wattignies: 162 Fleurus: 173 |
Project history
Similar to the earlier Condor class except where indicated above. Fleurus should have been completed in 1894 but was delayed by defective boilers.
Ship protection
The curved armour deck was 40mm and there was a cofferdam above and splinter deck below over the machinery spaces.
Modernizations
1890s, both: - 4 - 350 TT
Naval service
No significant events.
