French ironclad gunboat Flamme

History
France
Name	Flamme
Ordered	5 August 1882
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	23 August 1882
Launched	29 August 1885
Completed	June 1889
Decommissioned	25 June 1906
Stricken	9 April 1906
Fate	Sold for scrap, 28 July 1906
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Fusée-class 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)
Installed power	3 cylindrical boilers; 1,500 ihp (1,100 kW);
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
Armament	1 × single 24 cm (9.4 in) gun; 1 × single 90 mm (3.5 in) gun; 2 × 5-barrel 37 mm (1.5 in) revolver cannon;
Armor	Compound armor; Waterline belt: 160–270 mm (6.3–10.6 in); Barbette: 120–200 mm (4.7–7.9 in); Deck (ship): 20 mm (0.8 in);

Flamme was one of four Fusée-class ironclad gunboats built for the French Navy during the 1880s. Completed in 1889, she spent most of her career in reserve. The ship was sold for scrap in 1906.

References

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