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.

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