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COMÈTE composite gunboats (1885 - 1886)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Comète     Arsenal de Cherbourg   1882 1884 stricken 1909
Gabès     Arsenal de Rochefort   1884 1884 hulk 1902
Lion     Normand, Le Havre   1884 1884 stricken 1904
Météore     Arsenal de Cherbourg   1885 1885 stricken 1900
Scorpion     F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne   1884 1884 stricken 1904


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

492

Displacement full, t 
Length, m46.2 pp
Breadth, m7.54
Draught, m3.20
No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

11 - 12

Fuel, t

coal 70

Endurance, nm(kts)1100(10)
Armament

2 x 1 - 139/21 M1870M, 2 x 1 - 100/27 M1875, 3 x 5 - 37/20 M1885

Complement76


Standard scale images


<i>Comète</i> 1885
Comète 1885


Project history

Composite gunboats.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.