French ironclad gunboat Grenade
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Grenade 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.
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Grenade |
| Ordered | 5 August 1882 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 10 October 1882 |
| Launched | 18 October 1888 |
| Commissioned | 21 May 1889 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1905 |
| 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) |
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| 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 |
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References
Bibliography
- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "The Netherlands". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 371–377. ISBN 978-0-8317-0302-8.
- 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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