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Marceau-class ironclad

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Basic information

Type:
Battleship
Operators:
French Navy (Marine Nationale)French Navy (Marine Nationale)
Country of build:
Builder:
Toulon Arsenal (Arsenal de Toulon) Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Brest Arsenal (Arsenal de Brest)
Completed:
3
Lost:
1
Retired:
2
In service:
1891 – 1920 (29 years)

Ship measurements

Displacement:
10,558 t
Length:
99 m
Beam:
20 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 2 * steam engines
  • 8 * boilers
  • 11,000 shp (8,200 kW)
Speed:
16 knots

Personnel

Complement:
651

Combat assets

Armor:
  • Belt: 460 mm (18 in)
  • Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in)
  • Bridge: 150 mm (5.9 in)
  • Barbettes: 400 mm (16 in)
Armament:
  • 4 * 1 — 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 guns
  • 17 * 1 — 138mm/30 Modèle 1884 guns
  • 6 * single 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1891 guns
  • 9 to 18 * 1 — 47/40 guns
  • 5 * 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tube

The Marceau class was class of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. They were the last barbette ships built in France.

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