Dévastation-class ironclad

Not to be confused with the British Devastation-class ironclads or the 1850s Dévastation-class ironclad floating batteries.
Dévastation
Class overview
Name: Dévastation class
Operators:  French Navy
Built: 1875-1886
In commission: 1882-1922
Completed: 2
Scrapped: 2
General characteristics
Type: Battleship with central battery and barbettes
Displacement:
Length:
  • 100.25 m (328 ft 11 in) o/a
  • 95 m (311 ft 8 in) p/p
  • 98.70 m (323 ft 10 in) w/l[1]
Beam: 21.25 m (69 ft 9 in)[1]
Draught:
  • 7.51 m (24 ft 8 in) loaded draught forward
  • 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) 7.80 m loaded draught amidships
  • 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in) 8.10 m loaded draught aft[1]
Depth of hold: 7.34 m (24 ft 1 in)[1]
Installed power: 12 boilers, 2 Woolf triple expansion engines totalling 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW)[1]
Propulsion: Twin screws (5.24 m diameter) + sail
Sail plan:
  • Ship rig
  • Sail area 1,833 m2 (19,730 sq ft)[1]
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at full load (steam)[1]
Range: 3,100 nmi (5,700 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) (steam)[1]
Complement: 689[2]
Armament:
  • Dévastation as built:
  • 4 × 34cm/18 model 1875
  • 4 × 27cm/18 model 1870M
  • 6 × 14cm model 1870M
  • 18 × 37mm Hotchkiss revolving cannon
  • 4 × 14in torpedo tubes
  • Dévastation state in May 1896:
  • 4 × 320mm/25 model 1870-81
  • 4 × 274.4mm model 1875
  • 6 × 138.6mm
  • 2 × 65mm
  • 6 × 47mm QF
  • 20 × 37mm QF
  • 2 × 14in torpedo tubes
  • Dévastation 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
  • 38 cm (1 ft 3 in) belt amidships
  • 24 cm (9.4 in) redoubt
  • 6 cm (2.4 in) main deck[1]

The French Dévastation class ironclad battleships were laid down as part of the 1872 programme. They were a development of the Redoutable (1876).[1] The class consisted of:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Saibène, Marc, Les Cuirasses Redoutable, Dévastation, Courbet, Programme de 1872, pub Marine Édition, ISBN 2-909675-16-5
  2. 1 2 Chesnau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4



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