 Magon, date unknown
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Magon |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 18 April 1876 |
| Launched | 9 August 1880 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1882 |
| Stricken | 19 December 1895 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 July 1896 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2,419 t (2,381 long tons) |
| Length | 74.27 m (243 ft 8 in) lwl |
| Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 5.31 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Full ship rig |
| Speed | 14.6 knots (27.0 km/h; 16.8 mph) |
| Range | 4,810 nmi (8,910 km; 5,540 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 269 |
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Magon was an unprotected cruiser of the Villars class built for the French Navy in the 1870s. The ships were designed for service in the French colonial empire, and they carried a relatively heavy battery of fifteen 138.6 mm (5.46 in) guns, and could steam at a speed of 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph). The ship was laid down in 1876 and was completed in 1882. In 1884, she was deployed to East Asia during the Sino-French War, along with several other vessels, but by the time she arrived, the war had ended. Magon was sent to the Pacific Ocean thereafter, eventually returning to France by 1890. She served in the North Atlantic Squadron in 1893 and 1894, before being struck from the naval register in 1895. She was sold for scrap the following year.