French cruiser Châteaurenault (1868)
Châteaurenault anchored in Lorient. Photo by Marius Bar. | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Châteaurenault |
| Namesake | François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault |
| Builder | Augustin Normand, Le Havre |
| Laid down | 19 November 1866 |
| Launched | 20 July 1868 |
| Commissioned | 1 September 1869 |
| Stricken | 16 May 1892 |
| Renamed | Onglet 1895 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 78.18 m (256 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 10.74 m (35 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 5.74 m (18 ft 10 in) |
| Speed | 14.27 knots (26.43 km/h; 16.42 mph) |
| Complement | 202 to 210 |
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Châteaurenault was a steam corvette of the French Navy. Originally designed as a commerce raider, 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.