French gunboat Le Brethon (1864)
The Le Brethon was Kenney-class gunboat of the French Navy. She served in the Far East, notably during the French campaign against Korea of 1866.
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| Name: | Le Brethon |
| Namesake: | Lieutenant Albert Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny |
| Ordered: | 2 September 1862[1] |
| Builder: | Ningbo[1] |
| Laid down: | 20 July 1863[1] |
| Launched: | 17 September 1864[1] |
| Stricken: | 19 April 1869[1] |
| Fate: | Struck and sold for scrap on 19 April 1869[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kenney-class gunboat |
| Displacement: | 268 tonnes |
| Length: | 35.4 metres |
| Beam: | 6.7 metres |
| Draught: | 2 metres |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Career
Started as Aigrette upon plans by engineer Verny, using a steam engine cannibalised from Salve, the ship was renamed Le Brethon on 25 September 1863, after Lieutenant Albert Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny.
Le Brethon was commissioned in Shanghai on 9 November 1864 and appointed to the Cochinchina Division. Decommissioned on 1 June 1865, she was reactivated on 1 March 1866 and took part in the French campaign against Korea under Huché de Cintré.
Notes, citations, and references
- Notes
- Citations
- Roche, vol.1, p.85
- References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 85. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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