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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Imperatrice Eugénie, 9.1870- Touraine			Arsenal de Toulon	4/1854	21.8.1856	3/1857	sailing frigate 1872, stricken 2.1878
Foudre			Arsenal de Toulon	5.8.1854	2.12.1856	5/1857	prison ship 7.1871-1/1872, stricken 7.1872
Audacieuse			Arsenal de Brest	6.6.1854	22.1.1856	6/1856	stricken 4.1870
Ardente			Arsenal de Brest	6.6.1854	25.5.1957	6/1858	stricken 11.1869

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3797
Displacement full, t
Length, m	74.8 pp
Breadth, m	14.8
Draught, m	6.88
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 4-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers
Power, h. p.	1950
Max speed, kts	12.5
Fuel, t	coal 640
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Imperatrice Eugénie, Ardente: 6 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No. 1 SBML, 18 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR Audacieuse: 6 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No. 1 SBML, 18 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 2 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades Foudre: 6 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No. 1 SBML, 16 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades
Complement	530

Project history

1st rank screw frigates, 1853 design of S. Dupuy de Lôme. Had poor seakeeping abilities and low quality of construction. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

1872, Imperatrice Eugénie: engine was removed.

Naval service

Ardente was decommissioned 1.10.1862 after major machinery failure.