Lapérouse-class cruiser
The Lapérouse class was a type of barbette cruisers of the French Navy, with wooden hull and iron beams. These ships had plough bows with a forecastle, a displacement of 2,363 tons, a speed of and had a complement of 264 sailors. Armament was fifteen M1870M guns later replaced in Primauget with quick-firing conversions. Each ship also had eight 1-pounder revolvers.
