French ironclad gunboat Mitraille

NameMitraille

Ordered5 August 1882

BuilderArsenal de Rochefort

Laid down16 April 1883

History
France
Name	Mitraille
Ordered	5 August 1882
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	16 April 1883
Launched	3 July 1886
Commissioned	8 April 1888
Decommissioned	15 October 1909
Stricken	24 March 1910
Fate	Sold for scrap, 24 August 1912
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)
Installed power	3 cylindrical boilers 1,516 ihp (1,130 kW)
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	1 × single 24 cm (9.4 in) gun 1 × single 90 mm (3.5 in) gun 4 × 5-barrel 37 mm (1.5 in) revolver cannon 1 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tube
Armor	compound armor Waterline belt: 160–270 mm (6.3–10.6 in) Barbette: 120–200 mm (4.7–7.9 in) Deck (ship): 20 mm (0.8 in)

Mitraille 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 1912.