French battleship Magenta (1890)
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Career (France) | |
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Namesake: | Battle of Magenta |
Commissioned: | February 1893 |
Decommissioned: | 1910 |
Fate: | Scraped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Marceau class battleship |
Displacement: | 10 558 tonnes |
Length: | 99 metres |
Beam: | 20 metres |
Draught: | 8.4 metres |
Propulsion: | 2 steam engines, 8 boilers, 11 000 shp |
Speed: | 16 knots |
Complement: | 651 |
Armament: |
4 x 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 guns in single mountings |
Armour: |
Belt: 460mm |
The Magenta was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy.