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);

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.

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)