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French gunboat Le Brethon (1864)

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Name
  
Le Brethon

Builder
  
Ningbo

Struck
  
19 April 1869

Launched
  
17 September 1864

Weight
  
268 tons

Ordered
  
2 September 1862

Laid down
  
20 July 1863

Construction started
  
20 July 1863

Length
  
35 m

Draft
  
2 m

Namesake
  
Lieutenant Albert Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny

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.

Career

Started as Aigrette upon plans by engineer Verny, using a steam engine canibalised 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 Shangai on 9 November 1864 and appointed to the Cochinchina Division. Decommissioned on 1 June 1865, she was reacativated on 1 March 1866 and took part in the French campaign against Korea under Huché de Cintré.

References

French gunboat Le Brethon (1864) Wikipedia