Marceau-class ironclad
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The Magenta in her early configuration | |
Class overview | |
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Preceded by: | Amiral Baudin-class |
Succeeded by: |
Charles Martel-class (cancelled 1886) Brennus (1891) |
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 × 1 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 guns 17 × 1 138mm/45 Modèle 1888 guns 5 × 450 mm torpedo tubes |
Armour: |
Belt: 460 mm |
Notes: | Ships in class include: Marceau, Magenta, Neptune |
The Marceau class was class of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. They were the last barbette ships built in France.
- Marceau
- Builder: La Seyne-sur-Mer
- Ordered: 27 December 1880
- Launched: 24 May 1887
- Fate: Broken up in 1922
- Magenta
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 7 October 1880
- Launched:19 April 1890
- Fate: Broken up in 1911
- Neptune
- Builder: Brest
- Ordered: 7 October 1880
- Launched: 7 May 1887
- Fate: Sunk as target ship in 1913
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