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FRANCE
CRUISERS
VÉNUS screw corvettes (1865-1866)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vénus | Arsenal de Brest | 5.9.1861 | 27.12.1864 | 10/1865 | stricken 12.1886 | ||
| Minerve | Arsenal de Brest | 9/1861 | 10.7.1865 | 7/1866 | stricken 10.1888 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 2737 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 75.1 wl |
| Breadth, m | 12.9 |
| Draught, m | 6.48 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + 1 VSE, 6 oval boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 1500 |
| Max speed, kts | 12.6 |
| Fuel, t | coal 341 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | Vénus: 14 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 8 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML Minerve: 10 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 12 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML |
| Complement | 412 |
Project history
Covered battery corvettes, wooden hull. Reclassified as screw 3rd rank frigates in 1872 and 1st class cruisers in 1874.
Modernizations
1870s, both: were armed with 14 - 16 x 1 - 139/21 M1870
Naval service
No significant events.
