Sail brigs (14 guns)

FAUNE (launched 1847)
CHASSEUR (launched 1848)
ENTREPRENANT (launched 1849)
OBLIGADO (launched 1850)


FAUNE sail brig (14 guns)

Displacement:  537t
Dimensions: 106ft 8in deck x 32ft 0in mld x 13ft 8in mean, 14ft 10in max.
Same, meters: 32.50 x 9.75 x 4.17, 4.52m
Masts: As Cygne
Armament: 12-16cm shell, 2-18p
Complement: 125

Name           Builder     Laid down Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
FAUNE Brest 5.6.46 17.4.47 26.2.49 Stk. 31.12.64

Class. New plans were ordered 15.1.46 for brigs to carry an armament of 16cm shell guns. Four were ultimately built, all to plans by different designers: Faune, Chasseur, Entreprenant, and Obligado. Plans by de Gasté were approved for Faune in 5.46. New ships of the Génie class were also built with the new type armament.

Disposal. Faune became a school hulk and was BU 1869.



CHASSEUR sail brig (14 guns)

Displacement:  509t
Dimensions: 106ft 8in wl x 31ft 10in mld x 13ft 6in mean
Same, meters: 32.50 x 9.70 x 4.12m
Masts: As Cygne
Armament: 12-16cm shell, 2-18p
Complement: 125

Name           Builder     Laid down Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
CHASSEUR Lorient 26.5.47 31.7.48 23.5.49 Stk. 31.12.64

Class. This ship was designed to carry the same armament as Faune. Plans by Guieysse were approved for her in 12.46.

Disposal. Chasseur became a coal hulk, was renamed Rose 1876 and was BU 1887.



ENTREPRENANT sail brig (14 guns)

Displacement:  494t
Dimensions: 111ft 7in deck x 31ft 10in mld x 13ft 4in
Same, meters: 34.00 x 9.70 x 4.06m
Masts: As Cygne
Armament: 12-16cm shell, 2-18p
Complement: 125

Name           Builder     Laid down Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
ENTREPRENANT Rochefort 6.46 20.1.49 23.3.49 Stk. 2.8.87

Class. This ship was designed to carry the same armament as Faune. Plans by de Senneville were approved for her in 5.46. Entreprenant was converted to a transport with 3 masts in 1869.

Disposal. Entreprenant became a torpedo-boat depot hulk (at Bastia in 1900) and was BU 1909.



OBLIGADO sail brig (14 guns)

Displacement:  565t
Dimensions: 110ft 1in wl x 31ft 6in mld x 13ft 10in mean, 14ft 2in max.
Same, meters: 33.56 x 9.60 x 4.22, 4.31m
Masts: As Cygne
Armament: (1852) 14-16cm shell
Complement: 125

Name           Builder     Laid down Launched  Commiss.  Fate         
OBLIGADO Cherbourg 26.8.48 10.7.50 21.8.52 Stk. 15.11.78

Class. This ship was designed to carry the same armament as Faune. Plans by Dorian were approved for her in 3.48. She was named after a joint Franco-British action on 20.11.45 against the Argentines.

Disposal. Obligado became a school hulk, later (c1900) a torpedo-boat depot hulk at Aberwrach (Brest), and was BU 1910.