Corse (ship)
19th century sea vessel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corse, initially named Napoléon before its second commission, was a sail and steam experimental schooner, initially commissioned as a mail steamer. Largely overperforming her specifications and an excellent sailor, she was purchased by the Navy and commissioned to serve as an aviso, becoming the first propeller ship in service in the French Navy. She took part in the Crimean War and ferried Prince Napoléon to Iceland in 1856. She was eventually broken up in 1902.
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Scale model of the steam schooner Napoléon, later Corse, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris | |
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Namesake | |
Builder | Chantiers Augustin Normand, Le Havre[1] |
Laid down | 1842 [1] |
Launched | 6 December 1842 [1] |
Commissioned | 1843 [1] |
Recommissioned | 1850 (purchased by the Navy) [1] |
Stricken | 31 December 1890 [1] |
Fate | Broken up 1902 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 376 tonnes [1] |
Length | 47 m (154.2 ft) [1] |
Beam | 8.5 m (27.9 ft) [1] |
Draught | 3.6 m (11.8 ft) [1] |
Propulsion | Sail and 120 hp (89 kW) Barnes steam engine[2] |
Sail plan | Schooner [1] |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) [1] |
Armament | 2 to 4 guns [1] |
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