NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Vésuve			Bayonne	6/1824	28.7.1825	10/1825	stricken 1840
Hécla			Bayonne	6/1824	22.5.1826	8/1826	stricken 8.1850
Volcan			Bayonne	6/1824	22.5.1826	8/1826	stricken 1850
Dore			Bayonne	9/1827	15.4.1828	7/1828	station ship 1839, stricken 12.1850
Finistère			Bayonne	9/1827	15.4.1828	7/1828	stricken 3.1838
Cyclope			Arsenal de Toulon	10/1827	19.4.1828	1828	station ship 1850-1865, stricken 8.1874
Vulcain			Arsenal de Toulon	1827	10.5.1828	1828	stricken 7.1851
Achéron, 1835- Éclair			Arsenal de Toulon	1827	15.3.1828	3/1829	stricken 1846

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	669 - 695
Displacement full, t
Length, m	34.3 pp
Breadth, m	8.90
Draught, m	4.45
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 305/3 SBML mortars, 8 x 1 - 107/20 SBML Dore, Finistère: 2 x 1 - 305/3 SBML mortars, 8 x 1 - 151/8 24pdr SBML carronades
Complement	88 - 101

Project history

Bomb vessels, carried two mortars on rotating platforms on the centerline.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.