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Bombe Class Torpedo Gunboats Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
194' 3" (PP) |
Engines: |
2 Vertical compound |
Beam: |
19' 7" |
Boilers: |
4 Locomotive (a) |
Draft: |
10' 5" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
369-430 tons |
HP: |
1,800 |
Speed: |
18-19 knots |
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Crew: |
70 |
Range: |
N/A |
Notes |
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(a): |
Bombe, Dague, Lance, Saint-Barbe, Salve later fitted with 1 Guyot de Temple boilers. Fléche later fitted with 4 Lagrafel d'Allest boilers. |
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| Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Notes |
2 |
47mm (3 pounder) |
Single mounts |
Hotchkiss Quick Fire |
5 |
37mm Revolving cannons |
Single mounts |
Hotchkiss |
2 |
14" torpedo tubes |
Single launchers |
Trainable on stern (Except Saint-Barbe and Salve 2 bow tubes) |
Notes: |
Guns later changed to 4 x 47mm and 3 x 37mm revolving cannons. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee La Seyne, France |
Apr. 1885 |
Oct. 1887 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped after 1911.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Couleuvrine |
Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee La Seyne, France |
June 30, 1885 |
1887 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped after 1911.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee La Seyne, France |
June 1885 |
1888 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped after 1905.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee La Seyne, France |
Aug. 28, 1885 |
1888 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped after 1910.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Sainte-Barbe |
Claparède et Compagnie Rouen, France |
Oct. 10, 1885 |
1890 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped after 1911.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee La Seyne, France |
Nov. 8, 1885 |
1888 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped after 1912.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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| Salve | Claparède et Compagnie
Rouen, France |
Feb. 6, 1886 |
1890 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped after 1906.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee La Seyne, France |
Apr. 20, 1886 |
1890 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped after 1914.
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Page published May 11, 2019 |