Fusée-class ironclad gunboat
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Fusée class |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Achéron class |
| Built | 1882–1889 |
| In service | 1888–1910 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Scrapped | 4 |
| General characteristics (Fusée as built) | |
| Type | Ironclad gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,128 t (1,110 long tons) |
| Length | 50.66 m (166 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 9.95 m (32 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 propellers, 2 compound-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 850 nmi (1,570 km; 980 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 93 |
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The Fusée-class consisted of four ironclad gunboats built for the French Navy in the 1880s. They spent the bulk of their careers in reserve.
Ships
| Name | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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| Flamme | 23 August 1882 | 28 August 1885 | June 1889 | Scrapped, 28 July 1906 |
| Fusée | 10 October 1882 | 8 May 1884 | October 1887 | Scrapped, 24 August 1912 |
| Grenade | 18 October 1888 | 21 May 1889 | Scrapped, 28 July 1906 | |
| Mitraille | 16 April 1883 | 3 July 1886 | 8 April 1888 | Scrapped, 24 August 1912 |
References
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- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to Today] (in French). Vol. Tome I: 1671–1870. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.