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French gunboat Le Brethon

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History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameLe Brethon
NamesakeLieutenant Albert Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny
Ordered2 September 1862
BuilderNingbo
Laid down20 July 1863
Launched17 September 1864
Stricken19 April 1869
FateStruck and sold for scrap on 19 April 1869
General characteristics
Class and typeKenney-class gunboat
Displacement268 tonnes
Length35.4 m (116 ft 2 in)
Beam6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Draught2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
  • Sail
  • 360 shp (270 kW) steam engine
Armament
  • 1 × 16-pounder gun
  • 2 × 12-pounder gun

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.

Career

Started as Aigrette upon plans by engineer Verny, using a steam engine cannibalised from the French gunboat 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.

Citations

  1. ^ 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. Roche. p. 85. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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