NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Poursuivante			Arsenal de Toulon	5.5.1827	16.11.1844	3/1846	floating workshop 1863
Zénobie			Arsenal de Toulon	3/1828	29.7.1847	8/1848	screw frigate 9.1859, stricken 8.1868
Sibylle			Arsenal de Toulon	9/1829	7.11.1847	1/1849	transport 1860

Technical data

Data variant	sailing	screw
Displacement normal, t	2303	2485
Displacement full, t
Length, m	52.5 pp	57.1 pp
Breadth, m	13.8	13.8
Draught, m	6.50	6.69
No of shafts		1
Machinery	sails	sails + 1 HSE, boilers
Power, h. p.		200nhp
Max speed, kts		8.9
Fuel, t		coal 180
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Poursuivante, Zénobie: 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Sibylle: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML	4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 8 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR
Complement	441	388

Project history

2nd rank frigates, 52 guns.

Modernizations

1848-1850, Poursuivante, Zénobie: - 4 x 1 - 165/15; + 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML

1859, Zénobie: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table

Naval service

No significant events.