Phlégéton-class ironclad gunboat

NameAchéron class

BuildersArsenal de Cherbourg

Operators French Navy

Preceded byAchéron class

Class overview
Name	Achéron class
Builders	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Achéron class
Succeeded by	None
Built	1885–1893
In service	1892–1919
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Ironclad gunboat
Displacement	1,796 t (1,768 long tons)
Length	59.2 m (194 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draft	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 locomotive boilers 1,700 ihp (1,300 kW)
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
Armament	1 × single 274 mm (10.8 in) gun 1 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) gun 2 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 3 × 5-barrel 37 mm (1.5 in) revolver cannon 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
Armor	Waterline belt: 200 mm (7.9 in) Turret: 200 mm (7.9 in) Barbette: 200 mm (7.9 in) Deck (ship): 20 mm (0.8 in)

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.