History
France
Name	Le Brethon
Namesake	Lieutenant Albert Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny
Ordered	2 September 1862[1]
Builder	Ningbo[1]
Laid down	20 July 1863[1]
Launched	17 September 1864[1]
Stricken	19 April 1869[1]
Fate	Struck and sold for scrap on 19 April 1869[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Kenney-class gunboat
Displacement	268 tonnes
Length	35.4 metres
Beam	6.7 metres
Draught	2 metres
Propulsion	Sail 360 shp steam engine
Armament	1 × 16-pounder gun 2 × 12-pounder gun
Armour	Timber

The Le Brethon was Kenney-class gunboat of the French Navy. She served in the Far East, notably during the French campaign against Korea of 1866.

Career

Started as Aigrette upon plans by engineer Verny, using a steam engine cannibalised from Salve, the ship was renamed Le Brethon on 25 September 1863, after Lieutenant Albert Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny.

Le Brethon was commissioned in Shanghai on 9 November 1864 and appointed to the Cochinchina Division. Decommissioned on 1 June 1865, she was reactivated on 1 March 1866 and took part in the French campaign against Korea under Huché de Cintré.

Citations

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 85. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.