Gloire-class ironclad
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The Gloire-class ironclads were a group of three wooden-hulled armored frigates built for the French Navy in the late 1850s and early 1860s. Gloire, the lead ship of the class, was the first ocean-going ironclad warship to be built by any country. The ships of the Gloire class were classified as armoured frigates because they only had a single gun deck and their traditional disposition of guns arrayed along the length of the hull also meant that they were broadside ironclads.
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Gloire at anchor, 1869 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Gloire class |
Operators | French Navy |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Couronne |
Built | 1858–1862 |
In service | 1860–1879 |
In commission | 1860–1879 |
Completed | 3 |
Scrapped | 3 |
General characteristics (as completed) | |
Type | Armored frigate |
Displacement | 5,618–5,650 t (5,529–5,561 long tons) |
Length | 77.25–78.22 m (253 ft 5 in – 256 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 8.48 m (27 ft 10 in) |
Depth of hold | 10.67 m (35 ft 0 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 HRCR-steam engine |
Sail plan | Barquentine-rigged |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Range | 2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Complement | 570 |
Armament | 36 × single 164 mm (6.5 in) Mle 1858 muzzle-loading guns |
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