Achéron-class ironclad gunboat
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Achéron class |
| Builders | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | Fusée class |
| Succeeded by | Phlégéton class |
| Built | 1882–1890 |
| In service | 1888–1912 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 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) |
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| 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 |
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The Achéron class consisted of two ironclad gunboats built for the French Navy in the 1880s. They spent the bulk of their careers in reserve.
Ships
[edit]| Name | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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| Achéron | 4 November 1882 | 23 April 1885 | 2 October 1889 | Scrapped, 10 December 1912 |
| Cocyte | 13 January 1887 | July 1890 | Scrapped after 1911 |
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- 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.