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GRAND BASSAM paddle avisos (1852-1853)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Grand Bassam     Arsenal de Rochefort 2/1852 1.7.1852 8/1852 stricken 3.1868
Ébrié     Arsenal de Rochefort 2.6.1853 10.10.1853 11/1853 wrecked 15.4.1856


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

206

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

34.4 pp

Breadth, m

5.60

Draught, m

1.91 mean

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE direct-acting, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

40nhp

Max speed, kts

6.7

Fuel, t

coal 37

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 121/11 shell SBML

Complement

25



Project history

40nhp paddle 2nd class avisos, wooden hulls.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Ébrié struck a rock and foundered 15.4.1856 in the Akba River.