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PRÉVOYANTE sailing corvette (1834-1843/1846)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Prévoyante     Arsenal de Lorient 11.3.1833 6.8.1834 3/1835 // 1.1846 stricken 10.1860
Expéditive     Arsenal de Toulon 7/1833 13.11.1834 4/1835 // 1.1846 stricken 11.1866
Recherche (ex-Pourvoyeuse)     Arsenal de Cherbourg 8/1833 2.12.1834 4/1835 // 1.1846 stricken 4.1863
Indienne     Arsenal de Toulon 9/1833 1.4.1835 4/1836 // 1.1846 stricken 7.1856
Sarcelle     Arsenal de Rochefort 26.8.1833 23.5.1838 7/1838 // 1.1846 stricken 4.1857
Prudente     Arsenal de Rochefort 3/1842 18.11.1842 2/1843 // 1.1846 stricken 9.1855
Infatigable     Arsenal de Brest 24.6.1842 26.8.1843 1/1845 // 1.1846 stricken 8.1862


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

428

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

31.6 pp

Breadth, m

8.88

Draught, m

3.95

No of shafts 
Machinery

sails

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t 
Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Prévoyante, Expéditive, Recherche, Indienne: 12 x 1 - 138/8 18pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 93/24 6pdr SBML

Sarcelle, Prudente: 10 x 1 - 138/8 18pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML

Infatigable: 8 x 1 - 138/8 18pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML

Complement

 



Project history

Grande Gabarre Écurie class, 380 ton transport vessels, designated as 14 gun open battery corvettes in 1846.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.