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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Flèche.
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Portrait of Flèche.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameFlèche
NamesakeArrow
BuilderToulon [1]
Laid downDecember 1854 [1]
Launched10 June 1855 [1]
CommissionedJune 1855 [1]
Stricken11 February 1865
FateBroken up in 1882[1]
General characteristics [1]
TypeÉtincelle-class gunboat
Tons burthen350 tonnes
Length43.9
Beam7.8 metres
Draught3.2 metres
Propulsion
  • Sail
  • Creusot steam engine
Crew78
Armament4 × 50-pounder guns, 20 × riffled guns
ArmourTimber

Flèche was an Étincelle-class gunboat of the French Navy. She served in the Crimean War before being used for hydrographic surveys and eventually as a coal hulk in Brest.

Career

Flèche took part in the Battle of Kinburn in 1855. She served in the Adriatic Sea from 1859, and in Mexico from 1863.[1]

She conducted hydrographic surveys off Brest from 1864. In 1877, she was hulked and used as a coal depot in Brest until 1862, when she was broken up.[1]

Citations and references

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Roche, vol.1, p.203

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.
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