French ironclad Courbet

	Courbet in Toulon, probably in the early 1890s
History
France
Name	Courbet
Namesake	Amédée Courbet
Laid down	19 July 1875
Launched	27 April 1882, as Foudroyant
Commissioned	20 October 1886, as Courbet
Decommissioned	4 January 1903
Stricken	5 February 1909
Fate	Sold for scrap, 25 August 1910
General characteristics
Class & type	Dévastation-class 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)
Installed power	12 × fire-tube boilers; 8,300 indicated horsepower (6,200 kW);
Propulsion	2 × compound steam engines; 2 × screw propellers;
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
Armament	4 × 340 mm (13.4 in) guns; 4 × 270 mm (10.8 in) guns; 6 × 140 mm (5.5 in) guns; 12 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon; 5 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 178 to 381 mm (7 to 15 in); Casemate: 241 mm (9.5 in); Deck: 61 mm (2.4 in);

Courbet was an Dévastation-class ironclad central battery battleship of the French Navy.

History
Courbet in Toulon, probably in the early 1890s
France
Name	Courbet
Namesake	Amédée Courbet
Laid down	19 July 1875
Launched	27 April 1882, as Foudroyant
Commissioned	20 October 1886, as Courbet
Decommissioned	4 January 1903
Stricken	5 February 1909
Fate	Sold for scrap, 25 August 1910
General characteristics
Class & type	Dévastation-class 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)
Installed power	12 × fire-tube boilers 8,300 indicated horsepower (6,200 kW)
Propulsion	2 × compound steam engines 2 × screw propellers
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
Armament	4 × 340 mm (13.4 in) guns 4 × 270 mm (10.8 in) guns 6 × 140 mm (5.5 in) guns 12 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon 5 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 178 to 381 mm (7 to 15 in) Casemate: 241 mm (9.5 in) Deck: 61 mm (2.4 in)