Converted screw frigates (1st class)

RENOMMEE (launched 1858)
SEMIRAMIS (launched 1861)
PALLAS (launched 1860)
VICTOIRE (launched 1861)
GUERRIERE (launched 1860)


RENOMMEE converted screw frigate (1st class)

Displacement:  2650t
Dimensions: 182ft 5in wl x 47ft 7in ext x 21ft 6in mean, 23ft 2in max.
Same, meters: 55.60 x 14.50 x 6.55, 7.05m
Machinery: 200nhp (Schneider). Trials 787ihp = 9.21kts. Coal 200t
Hull material: Wood
Armament: (5.1859) GD 26-30p No.1, 4-22cm shell; SD 2-50p, 24-30p carr. (9.1859) GD 24-30p No.1; SD 2-16cm rifles, 24-30p carr. (1865) GD 14-30p No.1, 10-16cm rifles; SD 2-16cm rifles, 2-30p No.1. (1873, training ship) GD 6-14cm No.2 MLR, 4-16cm M1864-6 BLR; SD 4-12cm rifles
Complement: 498

Name           Conversion  Started   Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
RENOMMEE Rochefort ? ? 1.2.58 Stk. 15.11.78

Class. One of five sail frigates already afloat for which engines were ordered 5.56. Converted to plans completed by de Lisleferme 8.56. Her machinery was installed 2.58-9.58. She was converted to a steam transport with an additional spardeck in 1868 and served in 1873-75 as seagoing training ship in place of Jean Bart (ex Donawerth).

Disposal. Renommée became a guard hulk and was BU 1898.



SEMIRAMIS converted screw frigate (1st class)

Displacement:  3830t
Dimensions: 246ft 3in wl, 253ft 8in deck x 47ft 7in ext x 21ft 5in mean, 22ft 11in max.
Same, meters: 75.05, 77.33 x 14.50 x 6.53, 6.98m
Machinery: 600nhp (Schneider). 2 cylinders, return connecting rod, trials 1664ihp = 12.1kts. Coal 500t
Hull material: Wood
Armament: (1864) GD 30-16cm rifles; SD 4-16cm rifles. (1867) GD 20-16cm rifles, 2-22cm shell; SD 8-16cm rifles. (1870) GD 16-16cm M1864-6 BLR; SD 4-16cm M1858-60 MLR, 2-22cm shell
Complement: 466

Name           Conversion  Started   Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
SEMIRAMIS Rochefort 1859 8.8.61 16.12.61 Stk. 3.5.77

Class. After a plan to build 600nhp engines for this sail frigate on the ways at Rochefort fell through, machinery for her was added 10.58 to a contract of 6.58 with Schneider for 5 other 600nhp frigate engines. She was converted on plans by de Lisleferme and Lebelin de Dionne completed in late 1858.

Disposal. Sémiramis became a headquarters hulk at Landévennec near Brest and was BU 1895. She was replaced successively by the frigate Magicienne, the cruiser Aréthuse, and the station battleship Victorieuse, all of which assumed her name.



PALLAS converted screw frigate (1st class)

Displacement:  3618t
Dimensions: 252ft 6in wl, 255ft 3in deck x 47ft 9in ext x 20ft 8in mean, 22ft 6in max.
Same, meters: 76.95, 77.80 x 14.56 x 6.30, 6.86m
Machinery: 600nhp (Schneider). 2 cylinders, return connecting rod, trials 1427ihp = 11.74kts. Coal 420t
Hull material: Wood
Armament: (1862) GD 30-16cm M1858 MLR; SD 4-16cm M1858 MLR. (1869) GD 28-16cm M1860 BLR; SD 6-16cm M1858 MLR. (1879) GD 18-14cm M1870 BLR; SD 6-14cm M1870 BLR
Complement: 466

Name           Conversion  Started   Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
PALLAS Lorient 1859 15.8.60 1.12.61 Stk. 23.10.83

Class. One of eight sail frigates on the ways for which engines were ordered 6.58. She was converted on plans completed by Masson 12.58. In 1878, she was assigned 4 Hotchkiss machine guns, 2 towing torpedoes, and 2 torpedo launches.

Disposal. Pallas became a mooring hulk and was BU 1910.



VICTOIRE converted screw frigate (1st class)

Displacement:  3582t
Dimensions: 250ft 4in wl x 253ft 2in deck x 47ft 5in ext x 21ft 6in mean
Same, meters: 76.31, 77.16 x 14.44 x 6.56m
Machinery: 600nhp (Schneider). 2 cylinders, return connecting rod, trials 1349ihp = 10.93kts
Hull material: Wood
Armament: (1863) GD 8-30p No.1, 22-16cm rifles; SD 4-16cm rifles. (1870) GD 12-16cm M1864-6 BLR; SD 4-16cm M1858-60 MLR
Complement: 466

Name           Conversion  Started   Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
VICTOIRE Lorient 6.59 21.8.61 1.8.62 Stk. 13.2.80

Class. One of eight sail frigates on the ways for which engines were ordered 6.58. She was converted on plans completed by Masson 12.58. In 1878 she was assigned 2 Hotchkiss machine guns, 2 towing torpedoes, and 2 torpedo launches.

Disposal. Victoire was BU 1882.



GUERRIERE converted screw frigate (1st class)

Displacement:  3597t
Dimensions: 252ft 7in wl, 256ft 3in deck x 47ft 9in ext x 21ft 5in mean, 23ft 3in max.
Same, meters: 77.00, 78.10 x 14.56 x 6.53, 7.08m
Machinery: 600nhp (Schneider). 2 cylinders, return connecting rod, 12.3kts. Coal 478t
Hull material: Wood
Armament: (1861) GD 30-16cm M1858 MLR; SD 4-16cm M1858 MLR.
Complement: 466

Name           Conversion  Started   Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
GUERRIERE Brest 4.2.59 3.5.60 18.9.60 Stk. 28.5.88

Class. One of eight sail frigates on the ways for which engines were ordered 6.58. She was converted on plans completed by Courbebaisse in 5.58 and modified by De Robert in 12.58. She was converted to a steam transport at Lorient 1868-9 with an additional spardeck.

Disposal. Guerrière became a barracks hulk and was BU 1912.