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Psara 1895

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Υδρα [Idra]			Graville, Le Havre, France	1887	15.5.1889	1892	deleted 1919, gunnery school 1922, BU 1929
Σπέτσαι [Spetsai]			Graville, Le Havre, France	1887	26.10.1889	1892	deleted 1919, naval communication school 1922, BU 1929
Ψαρά [Psara]			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire, France	1887	20.2.1890	1891	deleted 1919, boys school, BU 1932

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4808
Displacement full, t	4885
Length, m	102.0 pp
Breadth, m	15.8
Draught, m	5.49 mean
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	6700
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	coal 690
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	Creusot steel and compound; belt: 305 - 114, deck: 57, casemate: 350 - 300, barbette: 305
Armament	2 x 1 - 274/34 M1884, 1 x 1 - 274/28 M1881, 5 x 1 - 150/34 M1887, 4 x 1 - 90/22 Canet M1881, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 6 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 3 - 356 TT (1 bow, 2 beam)
Complement	440

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Project history

Original ships with unusual placing of main guns (two in bow casemate and one on aft barbette) and high speed.

Ship protection

Belt had 305mm thickness tapered to 76mm at lower edge. Ship ends were protected by 114mm belt. Main casemate had 350mm sides and 300mm roof, aft barbette had 305mm sides.

Modernizations

1897 - 1900, all: - 5 x 1 - 150/34, 4 x 1 - 90/22, 4 x 1 - 37/20, 1 - 356 TT (bow); + 1 x 1 - 100/48 Canet, 8 x 1 - 65/50 Canet, 4 x 5 - 37/17, 1 - 381 TT (bow)

1908 - 1910, all: were armed with 5 x 1 - 150/45 Schneider

1914 - 1915, all: - 2 x 1 - 150/45; + 6 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

Naval service

All were stricken at first in 1919, but continued to serve as training auxiliaries and hulks. All were broken up in 1929.