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FRANCE
FLEURUS screw ships-of-the-line (1854)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleurus | Arsenal de Toulon | 4/1825 | 2.12.1853 | 10/1854 | HQ ship 9.1867 | ||
| Navarin | Arsenal de Toulon | 5/1832 | 26.7.1854 | 11/1854 | sail transport 1874 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | Fleurus: 4509 Navarin: 4562 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 62.5 pp |
| Breadth, m | Fleurus: 17.0 Navarin: 16.9 |
| Draught, m | Fleurus: 7.80 mean Navarin: 8.23 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + 1 HSE, boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 650nhp |
| Max speed, kts | |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 8 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 22 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR |
| Complement | 883 |
Project history
2nd rank two-deckers, converted to screw on the stocks since 1853. Wooden hull.
Modernizations 5.
1867, Fleurus: engine was removed.
Naval service
Fleurus collided 6.9.1862 near Gibaltar 6.9.1862 with transport Charente. Her engines condemned 21.5.1867 and she was reclassified as sailing.
