Fusée-class ironclad gunboat

Class overview
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)
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	3 cylindrical boilers; 1,500 ihp (1,100 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	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);

NameFusée class

Operators

Preceded byNone

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.

Name	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Flamme	23 August 1882	28 August 1885	June 1889	Scrapped, 28 July 1906
Fusée	10 October 1882	8 May 1884	October 1887	Scrapped, 24 August 1912
Grenade	10 October 1882	18 October 1888	21 May 1889	Scrapped, 28 July 1906
Mitraille	16 April 1883	3 July 1886	8 April 1888	Scrapped, 24 August 1912

v t e Ironclad warships of France
Broadside ironclads	Gloire Couronne^S Magenta Provence Belliqueuse^S
Central battery ironclads	Alma Océan Friedland^S La Galissonnière Richelieu^S Colbert Redoutable^S Dévastation
Barbette ironclads	Amiral Duperré^S Bayard Vauban Terrible Amiral Baudin Hoche^S Marceau Charles Martel^X
Casemate ironclads	Rochambeau^S
Coastal defense ironclads	Taureau^S Onondaga^S Cerbère Tonnerre Tempête Tonnant^S Furieux^S Jemmapes Bouvines Henri IV^S
Large armoured gunboats	Fusée Achéron Phlégéton
Floating batteries	Dévastation Palestro Arrogante Embuscade
S Single ship of class X Cancelled

References

Class overview




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)
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	3 cylindrical boilers 1,500 ihp (1,100 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	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)

v t e Fusée-class ironclad gunboat
Flamme Fusée Grenade Mitraille
List of ironclad warships of France