NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Achéron			Arsenal de Cherbourg	11/1883	23.4.1885	2/1888	stricken 1913
Cocyte			Arsenal de Cherbourg	12/1883	13.1.1887	2/1890	stricken 1911
Phlégéton			Arsenal de Cherbourg	7/1885	20.12.1890	1892	stricken 1910
Styx			Arsenal de Cherbourg	9/1889	22.8.1891	10/1892	stricken 1919

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Achéron, Cocyte: 1690 Phlégéton, Styx: 1767
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Achéron, Cocyte: 55.2 wl Phlégéton, Styx: 58.7 wl
Breadth, m	12.3
Draught, m	3.56 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HC, 4 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	1600
Max speed, kts	11.6 - 13
Fuel, t	Achéron, Cocyte: coal 98 Phlégéton, Styx: coal 71
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	compound; belt: 200, turret: 200, deck: 50
Armament	Achéron: 1 x 1 - 274/29 M1881, 2 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885 Cocyte: 1 x 1 - 274/29 M1881, 3 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885 Phlégéton, Styx: 1 x 1 - 274/29 M1881, 1 x 1 - 139/28 M1881, 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 7 x 5 - 37/20 M1885
Complement	110

Standard scale images

Project history

Small armoured ships for coast defence.

Ship protection

These vessels had a complete belt from 0.5m above to 1.0m below water, and a 50mm mild steel deck at the belt upper edge. The 274mm gun was in a conical turret.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.