Dévastation-class ironclad
Courbet in Toulon, probably in the early 1890s | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dévastation class |
| Operators | French Navy |
| Preceded by | Redoutable |
| Succeeded by | Amiral Duperré |
| Built | 1875-1886 |
| In commission | 1882-1922 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Central battery ship |
| Displacement | 10,450 long tons (10,620 t) |
| Length | 100.52 m (329 ft 9 in) (loa) |
| Beam | 21.26 m (69 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 8.08–8.23 m (26 ft 6 in – 27 ft 0 in) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 15 to 15.5 kn (27.8 to 28.7 km/h; 17.3 to 17.8 mph) |
| Range | 3,100 nmi (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 689 men |
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| Armor | |
The Dévastation-class ironclads were a class of ironclad battleships that were laid down as part of the 1872 programme. They were a development of the 1876 ironclad Redoutable. The class consisted of Dévastation and Courbet.