With an iron hull but still ship-rigged, was she laid down at the shipyard of Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France on 22 April 1862, launched on 19 November 1863, completed on 17 December 1864, commissioned in 1865, rebuilt at he same shipyard in 1897-1898, stricken 1912 and sunk on 17 December 1916. With a displacement of 7.189 tons were her dimensions 96,10 (between perpendiculars) x 17,37 x 8,22 (maximum) metres or 315’ x 57’x 27’. Her crew numbered 500 men. The engine delivered 3.700 ihp allowing a speed of 10 knots. Since her rebuilding and renewing of her enginery was her speed 13 knots. With a coal bunker capacity of 1.100 tons. The iron made armour consisted of a 5” thick belt while the battery was protected by 4”. The armament consisted since 1890 of 8-10” Armstrong rifled muzzle loading guns on the main deck, 7-8” rifled muzzle loading guns (4 on the main deck, 3 on the upper deck), 1-7.9” Hontario breech loading gun on the forecastle, 8 machineguns and even 2 torpedo tubes. Originally armed with 40-68 pd smoothbore guns. During her rebuilding rearmed with 4-6.4” quick firing guns, 6-5.5” quick firing guns, 3-4.7” quick firing guns, 12 machineguns and still2 torpedo tubes.
