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Names |
N°26 |
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Builders |
F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne: N°26 |
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Completed |
1878: N°26 |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1901: N°26 |
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Displacement normal, t |
44 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
34.2 wl |
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Breadth, m |
3.64 |
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Draught, m |
0.77 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 3-cyl CR, 1 locomotive boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
320 - 500 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 1 - 380 TT (bow, sub) |
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Complement |
11 |
Project history: Ordered on 12.11.1877. The first French TB with a gun armament; originally fitted with a Claparède submerged tube that launched the torpedo by means of a steam-powered ram but this was replaced by a straight stem with a tube on each side fired by compressed air.
Modernizations: 1880s: - 1 - 380 TT; + 2 x 1 - 350 TT
Naval service: Stricken in 1901 and sold in 1914.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014