NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
No.1			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	6/1859	10.8.1859	8/1859	sunk 4-5/1871
No.2			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	6/1859	10.8.1859	8/1859	stricken 7.1871
No.3			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	6/1859	10.8.1859	8/1859	stricken 7.1871
No.4			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	6/1859	10.8.1859	8/1859	scuttled 5.1871
No.5, 4.1871- Commune, 5.1871- No.5			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	6/1859	10.8.1859	8/1859	stricken 10.1874

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	142
Displacement full, t
Length, m	21.9
Breadth, m	7.70
Draught, m	1.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	sails + 2 SE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	95
Max speed, kts	4.2
Fuel, t	coal 6
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 50, battery: 50
Armament	2 x 1 - 165/17 MLR
Complement	30

Project history

Screw sectional armoured floating batteries, iron hulls.

Ship protection

50cm iron armour on 30cm backing protected the waterline, battery was also protected by 50mm armour.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Nos.1, 2, 4 and 5 were seized by Paris Communards 18.3.1871. No.1 was sunk by Government artillery at Saint-Deniz in April or May 1871, No.4 was scuttled at Saint-Deniz in May 1871. Nos. 2 and 5 were retaken by Government forces in May.