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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Phlégéton			Arsenal de Cherbourg	24.4.1850	25.4.1853	3/1854	stricken 5.1868
Laplace			Arsenal de Lorient	26.7.1850	3.6.1852	11/1852	stricken 3.1879
Primauguet			Arsenal de Brest	18.6.1850	15.9.1852	3/1854	stricken 5.1877

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Phlégéton: 1467 Laplace: 1436 Primauguet: 1658
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Phlégéton, Laplace: 61.8 pp Primauguet: 61.6 pp
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	Phlégéton: 5.45 Laplace: 5.46 Primauguet: 5.78
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Phlégéton: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE geared, boilers Laplace, Primauguet: sails + 1 4-cyl HSE, direct action, boilers
Power, h. p.	Phlégéton: 972 Laplace: 975 Primauguet: 960
Max speed, kts	Phlégéton: 11 Laplace: 11.5 Primauguet: 9.8
Fuel, t	Phlégéton: coal 350 Laplace, Primauguet: coal 280
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Phlégéton: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML Laplace, Primauguet: 2 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML
Complement	191

Project history

1st class corvettes, wooden hull. Reclassified as screw corvettes in 1856 and screw corvettes with open battery in 1862.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.