NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Rafale			Arsenal de Toulon	2/1855	3.5.1855	6/1855	stricken 11.1862
Tirailleuse			Arsenal de Toulon	2/1855	4.5.1855	6/1855	stricken 4.1876
Alerte			Arsenal de Toulon	2/1855	9.5.1855	6/1855	stricken 12.1874
Bourrasque			Arsenal de Toulon	2/1855	12.5.1855	6/1855	stricken 6.1867
Couleuvrine			Arsenal de Toulon	2/1855	16.5.1855	6/1855	stricken 3.1868
Mutine			Arsenal de Toulon	2/1855	23.5.1855	6/1855	stricken 12.1874
Stridente			Arsenal de Toulon	2/1855	27.5.1855	6/1855	wrecked 31.8.1859
Meutrière			Arsenal de Toulon	2/1855	30.5.1855	6/1855	stricken 4.1868

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	144
Displacement full, t
Length, m	31.0 pp
Breadth, m	6.20
Draught, m	1.46
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl SE, boilers
Power, h. p.	25nhp
Max speed, kts	6
Fuel, t	coal 12
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 2 x 1 - 138/8 SBML carronades
Complement	40

Project history

Screw gun launches, wooden hulls.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Stridente was washed ashore by the tidal wave at Rufisque, Senegal 31.8.1859 and was stricken in December.