French ironclad gunboat Phlégéton

History
France
Name	Phlégéton
Ordered	5 August 1882
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	March 1885
Launched	20 December 1890
Completed	October 1892
Decommissioned	15 October 1909
Stricken	2 August 1916
Fate	Sunk as a target, 1917
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Phlégéton-class ironclad gunboat
Displacement	1,796 t (1,768 long tons)
Length	59.2 m (194 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draft	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 locomotive boilers; 1,700 ihp (1,300 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; 1 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) gun; 2 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 3 × 5-barrel 37 mm (1.5 in) revolver cannon; 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns;
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);

Phlégéton was one of two Phlégéton-class ironclad gunboats built for the French Navy during the 1880s. Completed in 1892, she spent most of her career in reserve. The ship was sunk as a target in 1917.

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.