French ironclad Dévastation
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The Dévastation was an Dévastation-class ironclad battleship of the French Navy of central battery (casemate) design. She was used as a school ship for manoeuvres.
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Dévastation.
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History | |
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Name | Dévastation |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | 20 December 1875 |
Launched | 19 August 1879 |
Commissioned | 15 July 1882 |
Out of service | April 1913 |
Stricken | 5 February 1909 |
Fate | Broken up, 1927 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Dévastation-class central battery ship |
Displacement | 10,450 long tons (10,620 t) |
Length | 100.52 m (329 ft 9 in) (loa) |
Beam | 21.26 m (69 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 8.08–8.23 m (26 ft 6 in – 27 ft 0 in) |
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Speed | 15 to 15.5 kn (27.8 to 28.7 km/h; 17.3 to 17.8 mph) |
Range | 3,100 nmi (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 689 men |
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