Ship Type Menu.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.
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