French ironclad Solférino (1861)
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.jpg/300px-Solferino(1861).jpg) The French ironclad Solférino, of the Magenta class, the only two-decked broadside ironclad battleships ever built. |
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| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Battle of Solferino |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | June 24, 1859 |
| Launched: | June 24, 1861 |
| Struck: | 1882 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Magenta class broadside ironclad |
| Displacement: | 7129 tonnes |
| Length: | 85.98m |
| Beam: | 17.27m |
| Draught: | 8.43m |
| Propulsion: |
Sail |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Endurance: | 3 months of food, 740 tonnes of coal |
| Complement: | 681 |
| Armament: |
As built 16x55pdrSmoothboreguns;34x6.4inBLM1860guns;2x8.8inRMLhowitzers From186814×9.4in(240mm)BLM1864/M1866guns |
| Armour: | Wrought iron belt 4.7in |
Solférino was a broadside ironclad warship of the French Navy, the second unit of the Magenta class, designed by Dupuy de Lôme and launched in 1861. She was named in honour of the Battle of Solferino.
These two ironclads were the only two-decked broadside ironclad battleships ever built. They were also the first ships in the world to be equipped with a spur ram. They were somewhat of an enlarged version of the Gloire type armoured frigate, or the result of the same principle applied to a full-scale ship of the line.
[edit] References
- "Steam, Steel and Shellfire, The Steam Warship 1815-1905", Conway'S history of the ship, Chartwell Books Inc., ISBN 0-7858-1413-2
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
[edit] External links
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- Plans of the Solférino (large TIF files) from the Atlas du génie maritime of the Service historique de la Défense" ("Historical services of the ministry of Defence")
