French ironclad gunboat Cocyte

History
France
Name	Cocyte
Ordered	5 August 1882
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	4 November 1882
Launched	13 January 1887
Commissioned	July 1890
Decommissioned	3 October 1910
Stricken	9 March 1910
Fate	Listed for sale, 1910–1911
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Achéron-class ironclad gunboat
Displacement	1,721 t (1,694 long tons)
Length	55.6 m (182 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam	12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draft	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 locomotive boilers; 1,650 ihp (1,230 kW);
Propulsion	2 propellers, 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	99
Armament	1 × single 274 mm (10.8 in) gun; 3 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) guns; 2 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 4 × 5-barrel 37 mm (1.5 in) revolver cannon;
Armor	Waterline belt: 200 mm (7.9 in); Turret: 200 mm (7.9 in); Barbette: 200 mm (7.9 in); Deck (ship): 20 mm (0.8 in);

Cocyte was one of four Achéron-class ironclad gunboats built for the French Navy during the 1880s. Completed in 1890, she spent most of her career in reserve. The ship was listed for sale in 1910–1911.

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