French cruiser Châteaurenault (1868)
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For other ships with the same name, see French cruiser Châteaurenault.
Châteaurenault was a steam corvette[Note 1] of the French Navy. Originally designed as a commerce raider,[4] she notably served in the Mediterranean during the tense era before the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877–1878, and took part in the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War.
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Châteaurenault anchored in Lorient. Photo by Marius Bar. | |
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France | |
Name | Châteaurenault |
Namesake | François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault |
Builder | Augustin Normand, Le Havre [1] |
Laid down | 19 November 1866[1][2] |
Launched | 20 July 1868[1][2] |
Commissioned | 1 September 1869[1][2] |
Stricken | 16 May 1892[1][2] |
Renamed | Onglet 1895 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement | |
Length | 78.18 m (256 ft 6 in)[1][2] |
Beam | 10.74 m (35 ft 3 in)[1][2] |
Draught | 5.74 m (18 ft 10 in)[1][2] |
Speed | 14.27 knots (26.43 km/h; 16.42 mph)[1][2] |
Complement | 202[1] to 210[2] |
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