Cocyte was one of four Achéron-class ironclad gunboats built for the French Navy during the 1880s. Completed in 1890, she spent most of her career in reserve. The ship was listed for sale in 1910–1911.
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Cocyte |
| Ordered | 5 August 1882 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 4 November 1882 |
| Launched | 13 January 1887 |
| Commissioned | July 1890 |
| Decommissioned | 3 October 1910 |
| Stricken | 9 March 1910 |
| Fate | Listed for sale, 1910–1911 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Achéron-class ironclad gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,721 t (1,694 long tons) |
| Length | 55.6 m (182 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 propellers, 2 compound-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range | 1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 99 |
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References
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edit- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "The Netherlands". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 371–377. ISBN 978-0-8317-0302-8.
- Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to Today] (in French). Vol. Tome I: 1671–1870. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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