| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Dévastation |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | 20 December 1875[1] |
| Launched: | 19 August 1879[1] |
| Completed: | 15 July 1882[1] |
| Out of service: | 1922[2] |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1923[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Dévastation class battleship |
| Type: | Battleship with central battery and barbettes |
| Displacement: | 9,659 tonnes 10,090 tonnes full load[1] |
| Length: | 95 m between perpendiculars 98.70 m waterline 10.25 m overall[1] |
| Beam: | 21.25 m[1] |
| Draught: | 7.51 m loaded draught forward 8.10 m loaded draught aft 7.80 m loaded draught amidships[1] |
| Depth of hold: | 7.34 m[1] |
| Installed power: | 12 boilers, 2 Woolf triple expansion engines totally 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW)[1] |
| Propulsion: | twin screw (5.24 m diameter) + sail |
| Sail plan: | ship rig, sail area 1,833 m²[1] |
| Speed: | 15 kn (28 km/h) at full load (steam)[1] |
| Range: | 3,100 nmi (5,700 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) (steam)[1] |
| Complement: | 689[2] |
| Armament: |
As built: After March 1902 refit: 4 × 274.4mm model 1893 2 × 240mm/40 model 1893/96 10 × 100mm model 1891 and 1892 14 × 47mm QF 2 × 37mm QF[1][2] |
| Armour: | wrought iron 38cm belt amidships 24cm redoubt 6cm main deck[1] |
The Dévastation was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy.
She was used as a school ship for manoeuvres.
| Date | Commanding Officer |
|---|---|
| 6 October 1880 | Captain Rallier[1] |
| 18 August 1882 | Captain Boucheron de Boissondy[1] |
| 16 December 1882 | Captain Olliver[1] |
| 25 December 1884 | Captain Dupuis[1] |
| 31 January 1885 | Captain Le Bourgeois[1] |
| 11 December 1886 | Captain Dieulouard[1] |
| 27 December 1887 | Captain Boulineau[1] |
| 26 November 1890 | Captain Floucaud de Fourcroy[1] |
| 27 August 1891 | Captain Gigon[1] |
| 24 September 1892 | Captain Caillard[1] |
| 20 February 1893 | Captain Marquis[1] |
| 13 June 1893 | Captain Pissere[1] |
| 9 March 1895 | Captain Antoine[1] |
| 19 March 1896 | Captain Bellue[1] |
| 20 May 1897 | Captain Cordier[1] |
| 29 November 1897 | Captain Fortin[1] |
| 26 January 1901 | Captain Simon (EP)[1] |
| Start | End | Flag Officer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 August 1882 | 14 November 1882 | Vice-Admiral Thomasset, C-in-C, Reserve Squadron[1] |
| 17 February 1885 | 17 January 1886 | Rear-Admiral Rallier, Evolutionary Squadron[1] |
| 17 January 1886 | 18 December 1887 | Rear-Admiral Devaresse, Evolutionary Squadron[1] |
| 18 December 1887 | 27 October 1889 | Rear-Admiral Alquier, Evolutionary Squadron[1] |
| 15 October 1892 | 11 March 1893 | Rear-Admiral Buge, commanding a division of the E. Mediterranean & Levant Squadron[1] |
| 12 March 1893 | 17 June 1893 | Rear-Admiral Dupont, commanding a division of the E. Mediterranean & Levant Squadron[1] |
| 18 June 1893 | 14 March 1895 | Rear-Admiral Gadaud, commanding a division of the E. Mediterranean & Levant Squadron[1] |
| 14 March 1895 | 5 May 1896 | Rear-Admiral Maigret, commanding a division of the E. Mediterranean & Levant Squadron[1] |
| 5 May 1896 | 7 February 1897 | Rear-Admiral Pottier, commanding a division of the E. Mediterranean & Levant Squadron[1] |
| 20 January 1898 | 14 March 1898 | Rear-Admiral Godin, commanding the Division of the Reserve[1] |
Note: Rear-admirals of the Evolutionary Squadron were under the command the vice-admiral of the squadron.