Couronne (1861)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 14 February 1859 |
| Launched: | 28 April 1861 |
| Commissioned: | 02 December 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Struck: | 1932 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6428 tonnes |
| Length: | 80.85 metres |
| Beam: | 16.70 metres |
| Draught: | 7.80 metres |
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| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 570 |
| Armament: | 30 riffled guns, model 1878 |
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The Couronne ("Crown") was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy during the Second Empire.
The Couronne was built as an ironclad of La Gloire type. From 1881 on, she was used as a gunnery school for the Navy and modified : her armour was removed, her bow, rear and rigging were modified, giving her the appeared of a ship of the Napoléon type.
The artillery was changed to numerous calibres.
She was replaced in 1908, and converted to a floating barracks, until she was scrapped in 1932.
