Magenta-class ironclad
.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 | list error: <br /> list (help) Sail 1000 HP steam engine, 8 boilers |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Capacity | 3 months of food, 700 tonnes of coal |
| Complement | 681 men |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 10 × 240mm guns 4 × 190 mm guns |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) Armoured above the water line Wooden hull |
| Notes | Ships in class include: Magenta, Solférino |
The Magenta class was a class 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
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")
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