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ALEXANDRE screw ship-of-the-line (1858)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Alexandre     Arsenal de Rochefort 30.5.1848 27.3.1857 14.4.1858 gunnery TS 5.1872


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

5292

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

73.4 pp

Breadth, m

16.3

Draught, m

8.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.

800nhp

Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal 600

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 20 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

913



Project history

2nd rank two-decker, converted to screw on the stocks. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.