The Neptune on Penfeld river, c. 1892, by Edmond Chagot. On display at Brest Fine Arts museum. |
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| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Neptune |
| Ordered: | 7 October 1880 |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | 17 April 1882 |
| Launched: | 7 May 1887 |
| Commissioned: | 1892 |
| In service: | 23 December 1892 |
| Out of service: | 4 February 1908 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target ship in 1913 |
| 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 × 1 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 guns 17 × 1 138mm/45 Modèle 1888 guns 5 × 450 mm torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt: 460 mm Deck: 80 mm Bridge: 150 mm Barbettes: 400 mm |
The Neptune was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy.
She served in the Mediterranean squadron until 1898, when she was used as a school ship, and as a hulk from February 1908.
She was eventually sunk as target off Cherbourg.