NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Forfait			Augustin Normand, Le Havre	12/1856	28.12.1859	7/1860	collision 21.7.1875

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1237
Displacement full, t
Length, m	67.7 pp
Breadth, m	9.69
Draught, m	4.62
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl SE return connecting rod, boilers
Power, h. p.	792
Max speed, kts	11.6
Fuel, t	coal 239
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	4 x 1 - 165/17 MLR
Complement	136

Project history

250nhp screw 1st class aviso, wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Forfait was rammed and sunk by ironclad Jeanne d'Arc 21.7.1875 off Corsica during exercises.