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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) |
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| 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) |
| Installed power | |
| 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 | |
| Armor | |
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.
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References
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