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CASSARD screw corvette (1866)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jérôme Napoléon (ex-Cassard), 9.1870- Desaix | Augustin Normand, Le Havre | 1.1.1862 | 20.2.1866 | 1.9.1866 | school aviso 1891, stricken 8.1894 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1684 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 79.6 wl |
| Breadth, m | 10.6 |
| Draught, m | 5.47 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | sails + 1 3-cyl HC, 4 oval boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 1800 |
| Max speed, kts | 14.2 |
| Fuel, t | coal 304 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | 4 x 1 - 122/15 MLR |
| Complement | 159 |
Project history
Wooden hull. Used also as a yacht in 1866-1870 and was two-mast schooner-rigged.
Modernizations
1870: + 3 x 1 - 122/15 MLR
late 1870s: - 7 x 1 - 122/15; + 4 x 1 - 90/36 M1870, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 356 TT (aw)
Naval service
No significant events.
