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Class overview
NameÉtincelle class
Operators French Navy
Completed12
General characteristics [1]
TypeGunboat
Tons burthen350 tonnes
Length43.9 m (144 ft 0 in)
Beam7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • Sail
  • Creusot steam engine
Complement78
Armament
  • 4 × 50-pounder guns
  • 20 × riffled guns
ArmourTimber

The Étincelle-class gunboat was a class of twelve gunboats built for the French Navy in 1855, used in the Crimean War.[1]

Design

The Étincelle class was designed around a wooden hull and a steam and sail propulsion. They carried 50-pounder guns and an assortment of smaller riffled pieces.

Ships

NameShip builderLaunchedFate
AigretteLe Havre1855Lost after an accidental rupture of the engine off Antivari on 17 August 1859[2]
AlarmeToulon1855Sold for breaking 1871[3]
AvalancheLe Havre1855Sold for breaking 1866[4]
DragonneLe Havre1855Sold for breaking 1867[5]
ÉclairNantes1855Sold for breaking 1872[6]
ÉtincelleCherbourg1855Lost in the Mozambique Channel in March 1862, probably due to a typhoon[7]
FlammeBrest1855Sold for breaking 1872[8]
FlècheToulon1855Sold for breaking 1882[1]
FulminanteLe Havre1855Sold for breaking 1879[9]
FuséeToulon1855Sold for breaking 1868[10]
GrenadeBrest1855Sold for breaking 1871[11]
MitrailleToulon1855Sold for breaking 1868[12]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Roche, vol.1, p.203
  2. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.27
  3. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.29
  4. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.59
  5. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.156
  6. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.165
  7. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.184
  8. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.202
  9. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.216
  10. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.218
  11. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.232
  12. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p.311

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 203. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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