NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Circé			Arsenal de Rochefort	24.4.1847	15.10.1860	11/1862	stricken 7.1872
Flore			Arsenal de Rochefort	26.7.1847	27.2.1869	12/1869	seagoing TS 6.1876, stricken 10.1886

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3136
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Circé: 75.8 Flore: 76.1
Breadth, m	13.8
Draught, m	6.20 mean
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE trunk, boilers
Power, h. p.	Flore: 1465
Max speed, kts	Flore: 12.5
Fuel, t	coal 377
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Circé: 16 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 14 x 1 - 165/14 MLR Flore: 16 x 1 - 165/18 M1864-68 BLR
Complement	415

Standard scale images

Project history

2nd rank frigates, converted to screw on the stocks since 1858 (Circé) and 1860 (Flore). Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.