| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Lazare Hoche |
| Ordered: | 3 August 1880 |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Launched: | 29 September 1886 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1910 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Derivative of the Amiral Baudin class |
| Displacement: | 12,150 tonnes |
| Length: | 98 metres |
| Beam: | 21.2 metres |
| Draught: | 7.9 metres |
| Propulsion: | 9,700 shp |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 650 |
| Armament: | 2 × 1 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 guns 2 × 1 274mm/28 Modèle 1881 guns 18 × 1 138mm/45 Modèle 1888 guns 5 × 450 mm torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Belt: 460 mm |
The Hoche was an early battleship of the French Navy. She used the 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 gun as her main armament, like the Marceau class which followed. The Hoche was completed with a heavy but unarmoured superstructure that resulted in her being top heavy.[1] This was later lightened.[1]
In 1892, off Marseilles, Hoche collided with the steamer Maréchal Canrobert which sank with the loss of 107 lives.
She was sunk as practice target by the Jauréguiberry and the Pothuau on 2 December 1913.