NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Génie			Arsenal de Brest	13.7.1841	23.6.1842	1/1843	stricken 11.1866
Janus			Arsenal de Toulon	8/1847	21.11.1848	6/1861	TS 4.1865, stricken 1.1884
Victor			Arsenal de Brest	4.8.1848	21.7.1849	12/1850	stricken 7.1867
Nisus			Arsenal de Brest	11.6.1849	14.5.1850	1850	TS 1864, stricken 12.1866
Beaumanoir			Arsenal de Cherbourg	19.1.1850	2.12.1853	5/1854	transport 3.1879
Zèbre			Arsenal de Lorient	26.5.1848	4.11.1854	7/1857	stricken 11.1866
Euryale			Arsenal de Rochefort	31.10.1849	11.11.1863	3/1864 // ---	completed as transport
Chevert			Arsenal de Rochefort	4/1850	26.11.1863	3/1864 // ---	completed as transport

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	542
Displacement full, t
Length, m	33.0 pp
Breadth, m	9.80
Draught, m	4.05 mean
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Génie: 16 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Victor: 14 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Janus and later ships: 2 x 1 - 138/8 18pdr SBML carronades
Complement	101 - 125

Project history

18-gun brigs, wooden-hulled.

Modernizations

1865, Janus: - 2 x 1 - 138/8; + 2 x 1 - 122/15 MLR

1871, Janus: - 2 x 1 - 122/15; + 4 x 1 - 139/21 M1870

1871, Beaumanoir: - 16 x 1 - 163/13; + 4 x 1 - 122/15 MLR

1882, Janus: - 4 x 1 - 139/21; + 2 x 1 - 122/15 MLR

Naval service

No significant events.