Phlégéton-class ironclad gunboat

Class overview
NameAchéron class
BuildersArsenal de Cherbourg
Operators French Navy
Preceded byAchéron class
Succeeded byNone
Built1885–1893
In service1892–1919
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
TypeIronclad gunboat
Displacement1,796 t (1,768 long tons)
Length59.2 m (194 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draft3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 propellers, 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement99
Armament
Armor

The Phlégéton-class consisted of two ironclad gunboats built for the French Navy in the 1880s. They spent the bulk of their careers in reserve.

Ships

Construction data
Name Laid down Launched Completed Fate
Phlégéton March 1885 20 December 1890 October 1892 Sunk as a target, 1917
Styx September 1889 22 August 1891 March 1893 Sold for scrap, 19 December 1919

References

Bibliography

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  • Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.
  • 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.
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