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AVENTURE sailing corvettes (1854-1878)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aventure | Arsenal de Brest | 2.5.1849 | 27.11.1852 | 3/1854 | wrecked 28.4.1855 | ||
| Cornélie | Arsenal de Toulon | 9/1849 | 6.11.1858 | 9/1860 | hulk 8.1869 | ||
| Cordelière | Arsenal de Lorient - Caudan | 26.4.1850 | 12.6.1858 | 7/1858 | hulk 3.1870 | ||
| Favorite | Arsenal de Rochefort | 30.7.1849 | 14.5.1870 | 10/1878 | TS 2.1887, condemned 2.1892 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1192 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 43.0 wl |
| Breadth, m | 12.0 |
| Draught, m | 5.24 |
| No of shafts | |
| Machinery | sails |
| Power, h. p. | |
| Max speed, kts | |
| Fuel, t | |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | Cornélie, Cordelière: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 16 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Favorite: 8 x 1 - 140/18 No.1 MLR |
| Complement | 229 |
Project history
30-gun spardecked corvettes. Wooden hull.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Aventure was lost 28.4.1855 on the reefs of the Ile des Pins, New Caledonia. Favorite was reclassified as a transport and corvette transport during building and reclassified again as corvette in January 1879.
