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INCONSTANT composite screw sloops (1887 - 1888)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton | Arsenal de Lorient | 1882 | 1/1887 | 1888 | hulk 1910 | ||
| Inconstant | Arsenal de Toulon | 1882 | 8/1886 | 1887 | guard vessel 1900 | ||
| Papin | Arsenal de Toulon | 1882 | 11/1886 | 1887 | stricken 1900 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | Papin, Inconstant: 877 Fulton: 898 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 61.3 oa |
| Breadth, m | 8.00 |
| Draught, m | 4.16 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | Papin: 1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers Fulton, Inconstant: 1 HC, 6 cylindrical boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 1100 |
| Max speed, kts | Papin, Inconstant: 12 Fulton: 13.8 |
| Fuel, t | coal 160 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 3 x 1 - 139/30 M1884, 1 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 5 x 5 - 37/20 M1885 |
| Complement | 116 |
Project history
Wooden-hulled sloops with iron beams, rigged as barques or barquentines. There was a short high forecastle, a pronounced ram bow, overhanging stern and a single tall funnel. One 139mm was on the forecastle and two were amidships on the centreline with the 100mm aft on a raised platform.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Inconstant and Papin were finally sold to Ecuador in 1901.
