French ironclad gunboat Phlégéton
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Phlégéton |
| Ordered | 5 August 1882 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Laid down | March 1885 |
| Launched | 20 December 1890 |
| Completed | October 1892 |
| Decommissioned | 15 October 1909 |
| Stricken | 2 August 1916 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target, 1917 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Phlégéton-class ironclad gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,796 t (1,768 long tons) |
| Length | 59.2 m (194 ft 3 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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Phlégéton was one of two Phlégéton-class ironclad gunboats built for the French Navy during the 1880s. Completed in 1892, she spent most of her career in reserve. The ship was sunk as a target in 1917.