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Flèche
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Class overview | |
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Name | Étincelle class |
Operators | ![]() |
Completed | 12 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Gunboat |
Tons burthen | 350 tonnes |
Length | 43.9 m (144 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Complement | 78 |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
The Étincelle-class gunboat was a class of twelve gunboats built for the French Navy in 1855, used in the Crimean War. [1]
The Étincelle class was designed around a wooden hull and a steam and sail propulsion. They carried 50-pounder guns and an assortment of smaller riffled pieces.
Name | Ship builder | Launched | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
Aigrette | Le Havre | 1855 | Lost after an accidental rupture of the engine off Antivari on 17 August 1859 [2] |
Alarme | Toulon | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1871 [3] |
Avalanche | Le Havre | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1866 [4] |
Dragonne | Le Havre | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1867 [5] |
Éclair | Nantes | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1872 [6] |
Étincelle | Cherbourg | 1855 | Lost in the Mozambique Channel in March 1862, probably due to a typhoon [7] |
Flamme | Brest | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1872 [8] |
Flèche | Toulon | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1882 [1] |
Fulminante | Le Havre | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1879 [9] |
Fusée | Toulon | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1868 [10] |
Grenade | Brest | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1871 [11] |
Mitraille | Toulon | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1868 [12] |
![]() Portrait of
Flèche
| |
Class overview | |
---|---|
Name | Étincelle class |
Operators | ![]() |
Completed | 12 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Gunboat |
Tons burthen | 350 tonnes |
Length | 43.9 m (144 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
|
Complement | 78 |
Armament |
|
Armour | Timber |
The Étincelle-class gunboat was a class of twelve gunboats built for the French Navy in 1855, used in the Crimean War. [1]
The Étincelle class was designed around a wooden hull and a steam and sail propulsion. They carried 50-pounder guns and an assortment of smaller riffled pieces.
Name | Ship builder | Launched | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
Aigrette | Le Havre | 1855 | Lost after an accidental rupture of the engine off Antivari on 17 August 1859 [2] |
Alarme | Toulon | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1871 [3] |
Avalanche | Le Havre | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1866 [4] |
Dragonne | Le Havre | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1867 [5] |
Éclair | Nantes | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1872 [6] |
Étincelle | Cherbourg | 1855 | Lost in the Mozambique Channel in March 1862, probably due to a typhoon [7] |
Flamme | Brest | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1872 [8] |
Flèche | Toulon | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1882 [1] |
Fulminante | Le Havre | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1879 [9] |
Fusée | Toulon | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1868 [10] |
Grenade | Brest | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1871 [11] |
Mitraille | Toulon | 1855 | Sold for breaking 1868 [12] |