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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Inconstant			Arsenal de Toulon, France	1882	8/1886	1887 // 1901	stricken 1916
Papin			Arsenal de Toulon, France	1882	11/1886	1887 // 1901	stricken 1916

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	877
Displacement full, t
Length, m	61.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.00
Draught, m	4.16
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Papin: 1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers Inconstant: 1 HC, 6 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	1100
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	coal 160
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	3 x 1 - 139/30 M1884, 1 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 5 x 5 - 37/20 M1885
Complement	116

Project history

Wooden-hulled sloops with iron beams, rigged as barques or barquentines built for French navy. There was a short high forecastle, a pronounced ram bow, overhanging stern and a single tall funnel. One 139mm was on the forecastle and two were amidships on the centreline with the 100mm aft on a raised platform. Inconstant and Papin were sold to Ecuador in 1901.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.