NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Dessalines (ex-Ethel)			Hillman, Camden, USA		7/1883	1883	stricken 1915

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1200
Displacement full, t
Length, m	56.4
Breadth, m	9.75
Draught, m	4.50 mean
No of shafts	1
Machinery
Power, h. p.	760
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 107/29 30pdr Parrot MLR, 1 x 1 - 100/26 Canet M1881, 2 x 1 - 87/22 Krupp RK L/24 C/82
Complement

Project history

A brig-rigged corvette with one funnel, and built in Philadelphia as the fruit steamer Ethel.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.