French ironclad Magnanime
The French ironclad Magnanime was one of 10 Provence-class ironclads built for the French Navy during the 1860s.
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Name: | Magnanime |
Fate: | Sold for scrap, |
General characteristics (as completed) | |
Class and type: | Broadside ironclad |
Displacement: | 5,900–6,000 t (5,800–5,900 long tons) |
Length: | 80.72 m (264 ft 10 in) |
Beam: | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
Draft: | 7.7–8.4 m (25 ft 3 in–27 ft 7 in) |
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Propulsion: | 1 shaft, 1 Horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engine |
Sail plan: | Barque-rig |
Speed: | 13–14.5 knots (24.1–26.9 km/h; 15.0–16.7 mph) |
Range: | 2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement: | 579–594 |
Armament: | 30 × single 164 mm (6.5 in) Mle 1858-60 breech-loading guns |
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Footnotes
Bibliography
- de Balincourt, Captain; Vincent-Bréchignac, Captain (1975). "The French Navy of Yesterday: Ironclad Frigates: Second Group – Provence Type". F.P.D.S. Newsletter. Akron, OH: F.P.D.S. III (2): 9–13. OCLC 41554533.
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gille, Eric (1999). Cent ans de cuirassés français. Nantes: Marines. ISBN 2-909-675-50-5.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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