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SERPENT paddle avisos (1853-1855)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Serpent     François Cavé, Asnières-sur-Seine 7/1851 20.1.1852 1853 stricken 11.1863
Basilic     Arsenal de Cherbourg 20.9.1852 26.9.1854 5/1855 stricken 6.1873


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

161

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

42.3 pp

Breadth, m

5.00

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE, boilers

Power, h. p.

30nhp

Max speed, kts

6.3

Fuel, t

coal 43

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 121/7 No.2 shell SBML

Complement

25



Project history

30nhp paddle 2ndt class avisos, iron hulls.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.