Marceau class battleship
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 The Magenta in her early configuration |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Marceau |
| Preceded by: | Amiral Baudin class battleship |
| Succeeded by: | Charles Martel class battleships suspended 1886 Brennus single ship of new design |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 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 |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Marceau, Magenta, Neptune |
The Marceau class was a type of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. They were the last barbette ships built in France.
- Builder: La Seyne-sur-Mer
- Ordered: 27 December 1880
- Launched: 24 may 1887
- Fate: Broken up in 1922
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 7 October 1880
- Launched:19 April 1890
- Fate: Broken up in 1911
- Builder: Brest
- Ordered: 7 October 1880
- Launched: 7 May 1887
- Fate: Sunk as target ship in 1913
