French gunboat Zélée

History
France
Name	Zélée
Launched	1899
Fate	Sunk during the Bombardment of Papeete, 22 September 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	Surprise-class gunboat
Displacement	646 tons
Length	184 ft (56 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught	10.15 ft (3.09 m)
Propulsion	2 Niclausse boilers; Horizontal triple-expansion engine; 900 hp (671 kW);
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Armament	2 × 3.94 in (100 mm) guns; 4 × 2.56 in (65 mm) guns; 4 × 37 mm (1 in) cannons;
Armour	Hardened steel-plated hull

Zélée was a Surprise-class gunboat of the French Navy. Designed for use overseas, she was used largely in the French colonies in Indochina and the Pacific. Assigned to patrol the waters off Tahiti at the start of World War I, she was sunk before scuttling could be completed during the Bombardment of Papeete on 22 September 1914.

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