Étincelle-class gunboat

	Portrait of Flèche
Class overview
Name	Étincelle class
Operators	French Navy
Completed	12
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Tons burthen	350 tonnes
Length	43.9 m (144 ft 0 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	Sail; Creusot steam engine;
Complement	78
Armament	4 × 50-pounder guns; 20 × riffled guns;
Armour	Timber

The Étincelle-class gunboat was a class of twelve gunboats built for the French Navy in 1855, used in the Crimean War.^[1]

Design

The Étincelle class was designed around a wooden hull and a steam and sail propulsion. They carried 50-pounder guns and an assortment of smaller riffled pieces.

Ships

Name	Ship builder	Launched	Fate
Aigrette	Le Havre	1855	Lost after an accidental rupture of the engine off Antivari on 17 August 1859^[2]
Alarme	Toulon	1855	Sold for breaking 1871^[3]
Avalanche	Le Havre	1855	Sold for breaking 1866^[4]
Dragonne	Le Havre	1855	Sold for breaking 1867^[5]
Éclair	Nantes	1855	Sold for breaking 1872^[6]
Étincelle	Cherbourg	1855	Lost in the Mozambique Channel in March 1862, probably due to a typhoon^[7]
Flamme	Brest	1855	Sold for breaking 1872^[8]
Flèche	Toulon	1855	Sold for breaking 1882^[1]
Fulminante	Le Havre	1855	Sold for breaking 1879^[9]
Fusée	Toulon	1855	Sold for breaking 1868^[10]
Grenade	Brest	1855	Sold for breaking 1871^[11]
Mitraille	Toulon	1855	Sold for breaking 1868^[12]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Roche, vol.1, p.203
^ Roche, vol.1, p.27
^ Roche, vol.1, p.29
^ Roche, vol.1, p.59
^ Roche, vol.1, p.156
^ Roche, vol.1, p.165
^ Roche, vol.1, p.184
^ Roche, vol.1, p.202
^ Roche, vol.1, p.216
^ Roche, vol.1, p.218
^ Roche, vol.1, p.232
^ Roche, vol.1, p.311

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 203. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

[Roche203-1] Roche, vol.1, p.203

[2] Roche, vol.1, p.27

[3] Roche, vol.1, p.29

[4] Roche, vol.1, p.59

[5] Roche, vol.1, p.156

[6] Roche, vol.1, p.165

[7] Roche, vol.1, p.184

[8] Roche, vol.1, p.202

[9] Roche, vol.1, p.216

[10] Roche, vol.1, p.218

[11] Roche, vol.1, p.232

[12] Roche, vol.1, p.311

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Class overview
Portrait of Flèche
Name	Étincelle class
Operators	French Navy
Completed	12
General characteristics ^[1]
Type	Gunboat
Tons burthen	350 tonnes
Length	43.9 m (144 ft 0 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	Sail Creusot steam engine
Complement	78
Armament	4 × 50-pounder guns 20 × riffled guns
Armour	Timber