Of the Océan-class with as sister ships the Marengo and the Suffren designed by Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1) and were an improved version of the Provence-class ironclads. Laid down 1 July 1865 at Brest, launched on 15 October 1868, completed on 21 July two year later and stricken in 1894 and broken up in 1895. With a hull of wood. The one shaft horizontal return connecting rod compound engines and 8 oval boilers supplied maximum 4,180 ihp allowing a speed of maximum 14 knots. Her crew numbered 750-778 men. Armed with 4-10.8” guns, 4-9” guns, 6-5.5” guns, 12-1pdrs and 4-14” surfaced torpedo tubes. With a displacement of 7,200 (original design)-7,749 metric tons/7,627 long tons and as dimensions 282’10” (waterline) x 57’6”x 29’8” ore 86,2 x 17,52 x 9,09 metres. Designed to be full rigged in practice however as barque or barquetine.
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1. Stanislas Charles Henri Dupuy de Lôme (Ploemeur 15 October 1816-1 February 1885), a famous French naval architect responsible for the steam ship of the line Napoléon and the ironclad La Gloire (1857).
