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French ironclad Surveillante

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Surveillante at the right of the image
History
France
NameSurveillante
FateSold for scrap,
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and typeBroadside ironclad
Displacement5,900–6,000 t (5,800–5,900 long tons)
Length80.72 m (264 ft 10 in)
Beam17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Draft7.7–8.4 m (25 ft 3 in – 27 ft 7 in)
Installed power
  • 3,050–3,600 ihp (2,270–2,680 kW)
  • 8–9 oval boilers
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 Horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engine
Sail planBarque-rig
Speed13–14.5 knots (24.1–26.9 km/h; 15.0–16.7 mph)
Range2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement579–594
Armament30 × single 164 mm (6.5 in) Mle 1858-60 breech-loading guns
Armor

The French ironclad Surveillante was one of 10 Template:Sclass-s built for the French Navy during the 1860s.

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. III (2). Akron, OH: F.P.D.S.: 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  • 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.