Bouvines-class ironclad
Bouvines in early 1895 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bouvines |
| Operators | French Navy |
| Preceded by | Jemmapes class |
| Succeeded by | Henri IV |
| Cost | FF14,986,587 (Bouvines) |
| Built | 1890–1896 |
| In service | 1895–1918 |
| In commission | 1895–1913 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Coastal-defense ship |
| Displacement | 6,798 t (6,691 long tons) |
| Length | 89.65 m (294 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 17.86 m (58 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 7.54 m (24.7 ft) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (at trials) |
| Range | 3,900 nautical miles (7,200 km; 4,500 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 333 (371 as flagship) |
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The Bouvines class consisted of a pair of ironclad coastal-defense ships built for the French Navy (Marine Navale) in the 1890s, Bouvines and Amiral Tréhouart. Thoroughly obsolete by World War I, the ships only played a minor role during the war. They were sold for scrap in 1920.