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==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
− | Ordered on 12 July, 1875 along with {{FR-N°1 | + | Ordered on 12 July, 1875 along with {{FR-N°1}} from [[Claparède et Cie|Claparède]], Saint-Denis. ''N° 3'' was laid down later that year and launched in 1876, and was ready for trials by the end of the year.{{Conways1860|p. 330}}{{LeMassonTorpilleur|p. 282}} |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
− | ''N° 3'' commenced trials in December 1876, which continued through July 1877. During trials she proved to be a good seaboat, her only flaw being a somewhat disappointing speed of 12.32 knots instead of the expected 14 knots. Her greatest service as a torpedo boat was her use in early torpedo tube trials. For these, ''N° 3'' was fitted with a single fixed bronze tube on her deck which was powered by compressed air.{{Conways1860|p. 330}}LeMassonTorpilleur|p. 282}} | + | ''N° 3'' commenced trials in December 1876, which continued through July 1877. During trials she proved to be a good seaboat, her only flaw being a somewhat disappointing speed of 12.32 knots instead of the expected 14 knots. Her greatest service as a torpedo boat was her use in early torpedo tube trials. For these, ''N° 3'' was fitted with a single fixed bronze tube on her deck which was powered by compressed air.{{Conways1860|p. 330}}{{LeMassonTorpilleur|p. 282}} |
− | Renamed ''Chevrette'' and designated as a ''aviso de flottille'' in March 1883. She was later towed to Le Havre by the gunboat [[Lionne (1874)|''Lionne'']], where she was fitted with experimental oil-fired boilers built by [[Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée|F C de la Méditerranée]]. Rerated as a yard craft in February 1885, she was stricken from the fleet list three months later on 25 May, ''Chevrette'' was used as a tug at Cherbourg until 1887.{{Conways1860|p. 330}}LeMassonTorpilleur|p. 282}} | + | Renamed ''Chevrette'' and designated as a ''aviso de flottille'' in March 1883. She was later towed to Le Havre by the gunboat [[Lionne (1874)|''Lionne'']], where she was fitted with experimental oil-fired boilers built by [[Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée|F C de la Méditerranée]]. Rerated as a yard craft in February 1885, she was stricken from the fleet list three months later on 25 May, ''Chevrette'' was used as a tug at Cherbourg until 1887.{{Conways1860|p. 330}}{{LeMassonTorpilleur|p. 282}} |
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N° 3 (1876) | |
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Builder: | Claparède, Saint-Denis[1][2] |
Ordered: | 12 July, 1875[3][4] |
Laid down: | 1875[5] |
Launched: | 1876[6][7] |
Trials: | December 1876[8] |
Completed: | 1877[9] |
Stricken: | 25 May, 1885[10] |
Discarded: | c. 1887[11] |
Construction
Ordered on 12 July, 1875 along with N° 1 from Claparède, Saint-Denis. N° 3 was laid down later that year and launched in 1876, and was ready for trials by the end of the year.[12][13]
Service
N° 3 commenced trials in December 1876, which continued through July 1877. During trials she proved to be a good seaboat, her only flaw being a somewhat disappointing speed of 12.32 knots instead of the expected 14 knots. Her greatest service as a torpedo boat was her use in early torpedo tube trials. For these, N° 3 was fitted with a single fixed bronze tube on her deck which was powered by compressed air.[14][15]
Renamed Chevrette and designated as a aviso de flottille in March 1883. She was later towed to Le Havre by the gunboat Lionne, where she was fitted with experimental oil-fired boilers built by F C de la Méditerranée. Rerated as a yard craft in February 1885, she was stricken from the fleet list three months later on 25 May, Chevrette was used as a tug at Cherbourg until 1887.[16][17]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Armament
- One spar torpedo
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 330.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 330.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 330.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 330.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 330.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 330.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 330.
- ↑ Le Masson. Torpilleur. p. 282.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Le Masson, Henri (1967). Histoire du Torpilleur en France. Paperback ed. Paris: Académie de Marine.
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