NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tempête			Arsenal de Rochefort	7.12.1854	4.4.1855	5/1855	stricken 10.1866
Tourmente			Arsenal de Rochefort	7.12.1854	4.4.1855	5/1855	stricken 3.1868
Poudre			Auguste Guibert, Nantes	12/1854	30.4.1855	6/1855	stricken 12.1864
Sainte-Barbe			Auguste Guibert, Nantes	12/1854	30.4.1855	6/1855	stricken 12.1865
Lance			Auguste Guibert, Nantes	12/1854	1.5.1855	5/1855	wrecked 22.1.1863
Redoute			Auguste Guibert, Nantes	12/1854	1.5.1855	5/1855	stricken 11.1862
Salve			Auguste Guibert, Nantes	1/1855	4.5.1855	6/1855	stricken 11.1862
Arquebuse			Auguste Guibert, Nantes	1/1855	4.5.1855	7/1855	stricken 11.1862

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	289
Displacement full, t
Length, m	36.4 pp
Breadth, m	6.72
Draught, m	2.47
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 HP SE, boilers
Power, h. p.	90nhp
Max speed, kts	8.4
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 194/16 50pdr SBML
Complement	59

Project history

2nd class gunboats, wooden hulls.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Lance grounded 22.1.1863 in the Tampico Bay and burned by crew two days later.