Ship Type Menu.Paddle avisos (2nd class, 100 nhp, launched 1858)
ABEILLE class (launched 1858)
ABEILLE class
paddle aviso (2nd class)Displacement: | 578t |
Dimensions: | 163ft 5in x 24ft 3in x 8ft 9in |
Same, meters: | 49.82 x 7.38 x 2.66m |
Machinery: | 100nhp (Indret). 8kts |
Hull material: | Wood (?) |
Armament: | 4-12cm |
Complement: | 64 |
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commiss. | Fate |
ABEILLE | Rochefort | 1858 | 22.10.58 | 20.4.59 | Stk. 26.11.68 |
ETOILE | Rochefort | 1.5.58 | 30.12.58 | 1.5.59 | Stk. 20.4.78 |
Class. These two ships were designed by Brun for use on the Danube River but served in Senegal.
Disposals. Abeille became a service craft for the torpedo school at Boyardville in 1868 and was BU 1871.
Etoile was BU 1879.
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