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Laclocheterie 1886

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Champlain			Arsenal de Brest	1867	1872	1874	stricken 1893
Dupetit-Thouars			Arsenal de Brest	1867	1874	1876	hulk 1897
Infernet			Arsenal de Brest	1867	1869	1871	stricken 1891
Laclocheterie			Arsenal de Cherbourg	1867	1872	1874	stricken 1901

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2042
Displacement full, t
Length, m	79.9 wl
Breadth, m	10.9
Draught, m	5.71 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Champlain, Dupetit-Thouars, Infernet: 1 VC, 4 oval boilers Laclocheterie: 1 HC, 4 oval boilers
Power, h. p.	1800 - 2000
Max speed, kts	13.7 - 15
Fuel, t	Champlain, Dupetit-Thouars, Infernet: coal 300 Laclocheterie: coal 330
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Infernet: 3 x 1 - 194/19 M1864 Champlain, Dupetit-Thouars: 8 x 1 - 139/21 M1870 Laclocheterie: 10 x 1 - 139/21 M1870
Complement	205

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Project history

Wooden-hulled ships rigged as barques without royals. There was a short forecastle and Champlain, Dupetit-Thouars and Infernet had straight stems whilst Laclocheterie had clipper bow. The 139mm guns were on the upper deck broadside with a bow and stem chase gun. Tripod masts were tried in Infernet, and originally this ship had 3-7.6in guns, forward, midships and aft on the centreline, but they were removed after storm damage in January 1871.

Modernizations

1870s, Infernet: - 3 x 1 - 194/19; + 8 x 1 - 139/20 M1870

1880s, Champlain, Dupetit-Thouars: + 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885

1880s, Infernet: + 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 - 350 TT (aw, beam)

1880s, Laclocheterie: + 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885

Naval service

No significant events.