Magenta-class ironclad
 A model of Flandre | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Provence class |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Magenta class |
| Succeeded by: | Océan class |
| Built: | 1861–1867 |
| In commission: | 1863–1893 |
| Completed: | 10 |
| Scrapped: | 10 |
| General characteristics (as completed) | |
| Type: | Broadside ironclad |
| Displacement: | 5,900–6,000 t (5,800–5,900 long tons) |
| Length: | 80.72 m (264 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | 7.7–8.4 m (25 ft 3 in–27 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power: | 3,050–3,600 ihp (2,270–2,680 kW) 8–9 oval boilers |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod-steam engine |
| Sail plan: | Barque-rig |
| Speed: | 13–14.5 knots (24.1–26.9 km/h; 15.0–16.7 mph) |
| Range: | 2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 579–594 |
| Armament: | 30 × single 164 mm (6.5 in) Mle 1858-60 breech-loading guns |
| Armor: | Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Battery: 110 mm (4.3 in) Conning tower: 102 mm (4.0 in) |
The Provence-class ironclads were a group of 10 armored frigates built for the French Navy during the 1860s.
Right elevation line drawing of the design. The shaded area represents the armor protection.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- de Balincourt, Captain; Vincent-Bréchignac, Captain (1975). "The French Navy of Yesterday: Ironclad Frigates: Second Group – Provence Type". F.P.D.S. Newsletter (Akron, OH: F.P.D.S.) III (2): 9–13.
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gille, Eric (1999). Cent ans de cuirassés français. Nantes: Marines. ISBN 2-909-675-50-5.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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