Magenta class broadside ironclad
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.jpg/300px-Solferino(1861).jpg) French ironclad Solférino |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Magenta |
| Operators: |  French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Gloire class |
| Succeeded by: | Provence class |
| In commission: | 1861 - 1875 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | broadside ironclad |
| Displacement: | 7129 tonnes |
| Length: | 95 m |
| Beam: | 17.7 m |
| Propulsion: |
Sail |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Capacity: | 3 months of food, 700 tonnes of coal |
| Complement: | 681 men |
| Armament: |
10 × 240mm guns |
| Armour: |
Armoured above the water line |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Magenta, Solférino |
The Magenta class was a type of broadside ironclads of the French Navy.
The type was designed by Dupuy de Lôme. The ships carried 50 guns in broadside. They were the only ironclad two-deckers ever built, and the first ironclad to feature a naval ram
[edit] External links
- Plans of the Solférino (large TIF files) from the Atlas du génie maritime of the Service historique de la Défense" ("Historical services of the ministry of Defence")
