Composite Sloops

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Steel Sloop Kersaint pictured departing Arsenal de Rochefort in 1897.
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Armoured Sloop Kersaint pictured under construction and on launch day at Arsenal de Rochefort in August 1897...Steel-hulled Sloop, sheathed and coppered, with a ram bow and overhanging stern, Barquentine rigged, she was lost by stranding on a reef at Tahiti March 5th 1919.
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French Sloop of War Pingouin pictured on completion at Arsenal de Rochefort in 1897..
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Composite Corvette Kersaint pictured c1897.
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French warship La Vire pictured at Otago Harbour off Port Chalmers, NZ c 1874..She was a barque-rigged steam sloop of 1625 tons, built at L'Oreuil in 1871 for the French Survey Department. She took a French expedition to Campbell Island in 1874.
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Steel hulled Armoured Sloop Kersaint pictured at Akaroa, NZ in 1911. She was designed for overseas service and carried a Barquentine sail rig in addition to her single VTE engine and four boilers. She mounted a single 5.4-inch gun forward and a smaller 4-inch over her stern as well as seven 37mm Hotchkiss mounts on upper deck sponsons. She was lost on a reef in Tahiti in 1919.
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