Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery
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Not to be confused with the British Devastation-class ironclads or the 1870s Dévastation-class ironclads.
The Dévastation-class ironclad floating batteries were built for the attack of Russian coastal fortifications during the Crimean War. France had intended to build ten of these vessels, but in the time available was only able to construct five in French shipyards, of which the first three took part in the attack on Kinburn in 1855, and served in the Adriatic in June–July 1859 during the Italian war.
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Lave in 1854 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Dévastation class |
Operators | French Navy |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Palestro class |
Built | 1854–1855 |
In service | 1855–1871 |
Completed | 5 |
Scrapped | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ironclad floating battery |
Displacement | 1,600–1,674 t (1,575–1,648 long tons)[1] |
Length | 53 m (173 ft 11 in)[1] |
Beam | 13.35 m (43 ft 10 in)[1] |
Draft | 2.65–2.8 m (8.7–9.2 ft)[1] |
Installed power | 150 nhp[1] |
Propulsion | single screw, Le Creuzot steam engine |
Sail plan | three masts, 350 m2 (3,800 sq ft).[2] |
Speed | 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)[1] |
Complement | 282[1] |
Armament |
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Armor | Hull: 110 mm (4.3 in)[1] |
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