French ironclad floating battery Lave
Lave, one of the first ironclad floating batteries | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Lave |
| Namesake | Lava |
| Ordered | 28 July 1854 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Laid down | 5 September 1854 |
| Launched | 26 May 1855 |
| Commissioned | 23 April 1855 (for trials) |
| Maiden voyage | 6 August 1855 |
| Stricken | 9 May 1871 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1872–1873 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery |
| Displacement | 1,604 t (1,579 long tons) |
| Length | 53 m (173 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 13.55 m (44 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
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| Propulsion | 1 propeller; 1 direct-acting steam engine |
| Speed | 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) |
| Crew | 282 |
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Lave was one of five Dévastation-class ironclad floating batteries built for the French Navy during the Crimean War. Completed in 1855, she participated in the Battle of Kinburn later that year.