Furieux

Type:
Barbette Ship
Class:
Furieux (Single ship class)
Builder:
Arsenal de Cherbourg
Cherbourg, France
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
July 20, 1883
Keel Laid:
January 1, 1875
Completed:
March 1, 1887
Fate:
Removed from service in 1913, scrapped in 1922.

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
238' (PP)
Engines:
2 Vertical compound (b)
Beam:
58' 6"
Boilers:
8 Cylindrical (c)
Draft:
23' 3"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
5,925 (a)
HP:
4,600 (d)
Speed:
13 knots (e)
Crew:
235
Range:
1,500 NM @ 10 knots
Notes
Rebuilt between 1901 and 1904.
a:
After 1904= 5,683.
b:
After 1904= 2 Vertical triple expansion.
c:
After 1904= 8 Belleville boilers.
d:
After 1904= 5,145.
e:
After 1904= 14.3 knots.

Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
2
340mm / 21 cal. (13.4")
Single turrets
Possibly removed 1901-1904*
4
47mm / 40 ca.
Single mounts
Hotchkiss M1885
10
37mm
Single mounts
Hotchkiss revolving cannon
2
350mm torpedo tubes
Bow, above water
14"
After 1904
2
240mm / 40 cal. (9.4")
Single turrets
M1893-1896
*Sources are unclear as to if the 340mm guns were replaced or if the 240mm guns were added in
addition. The secondary armament was also altered, but again sources differ arrangement.


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Page published June 6, 2019