NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
D'Estrées			Arsenal de Cherbourg	1864	1867	1869	stricken 1891
Hamelin			Arsenal de Lorient	1864	1866	1868	hulk 1889
L'Hermitte			Arsenal de Brest	1864	1867	1869	wrecked 1874
Limier			Arsenal de Brest	1864	1866	1868	stricken 1887
Volta			Arsenal de Cherbourg	1864	1867	1869	stricken 1892

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1323
Displacement full, t
Length, m	63.4 wl
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	4.47 - 4.85 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 HC, 2 oval boilers
Power, h. p.	1000 - 1100
Max speed, kts	12 - 12.5
Fuel, t	coal 200-235
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 165/18 M1864/66, 4 x 1 - 139/18 M1864/66
Complement	154

Project history

Wooden hull. Mostly rigged as barques.

Modernizations

1870s, D'Estrées, Hamelin: - 1 x 1 - 165/18, 4 x 1 - 139/18; + 1 x 1 - 165/21 M1870, 5 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

1870s, Limier, Volta: - 1 x 1 - 165/18, 4 x 1 - 139/18; + 6 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service

L'Hermitte wrecked in 1874.