Bombe Class Torpedo Gunboats Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
194' 3" (PP)
Engines:
2 Vertical compound
Beam:
19' 7"
Boilers:
4 Locomotive (a)
Draft:
10' 5"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
369-430 tons
HP:
1,800
Speed:
18-19 knots
Crew:
70
Range:
N/A
       
Notes
(a):
Bombe, Dague, Lance, Saint-Barbe, Salve later fitted with 1 Guyot de Temple boilers.
Fléche later fitted with 4 Lagrafel d'Allest boilers.


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
2
47mm (3 pounder)
Single mounts
Hotchkiss Quick Fire
5
37mm Revolving cannons
Single mounts
Hotchkiss
2
14" torpedo tubes
Single launchers
Trainable on stern
(Except Saint-Barbe and Salve
2 bow tubes)
Notes:
Guns later changed to 4 x 47mm and 3 x 37mm revolving cannons.


Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee
La Seyne, France

Apr. 1885
Oct. 1887
Fate
Scrapped after 1911.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Couleuvrine
Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee
La Seyne, France

June 30, 1885
1887
Fate
Scrapped after 1911.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee
La Seyne, France

June 1885
1888
Fate
Scrapped after 1905.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee
La Seyne, France

Aug. 28, 1885
1888
Fate
Scrapped after 1910.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Sainte-Barbe
Claparède et Compagnie
Rouen, France

Oct. 10, 1885
1890
Fate
Scrapped after 1911.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee
La Seyne, France

Nov. 8, 1885
1888
Fate
Scrapped after 1912.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Salve
Claparède et Compagnie
Rouen, France

Feb. 6, 1886
1890
Fate
Scrapped after 1906.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Forges et Chartiers de la Méditerranee
La Seyne, France

Apr. 20, 1886
1890
Fate
Scrapped after 1914.


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