Condor Class Torpedo Cruisers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
223' 1" (PP)
Engines:
2 Inverted compound (b)
Beam:
29' 6"
Boilers:
2 cylindrical (c)
Draft:
15' 5"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
1,229 (a)
HP:
3,000
Speed:
17 knots
Crew:
156
Range:
2,800 nm @ 10 knots
Notes
(a):
Épervier 1,268 tons, Faucon 1,311 tons, Vautour 1,266 tons.
(b):
Vautour= horizontal compound.
(c):
Vautour= 4 locomotive boilers.


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
5
100mm / 15 cal. (3.9")
Single mounts
In casemates
4
47mm / 40 cal. (3 pdr.)
Single mounts
Hotchkiss QF
6
37mm (1 pounder)
Single mounts
Hitchkiss revolving cannons
4
350mm (14")
Torpedo tubes
Above water
2 bow, 2 amidships
Later removed


Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Arsenal de Rochefort
Rochefort, France

May 17, 1885
Nov. 1886
Fate
Scrapped after 1907.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Arsenal de Rochefort
Rochefort, France

Oct. 1886
1887
Fate
Scrapped at Cherbourg, France in 1910.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon, France

1887
Nov. 1887
Fate
Scrapped after 1920.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Vautour
Arsenal de Toulon
Toulon, France

Apr. 25, 1889
Dec. 1889
Fate
Scrapped after 1908.


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