Marceau-class ironclad

Magenta in her early configuration
Class overview
Name: Marceau class
Operators:  French Navy
Preceded by: Amiral Baudin class
Succeeded by:
Completed: 3
Lost: 1
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: Ironcald
Displacement: 10,558 tonnes
Length: 99 m (324 ft 10 in)
Beam: 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Draught: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 2 steam engines, 8 boilers, 11,000 shp (8,200 kW)
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 651
Armament:
Armour:

The Marceau class was class of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. They were the last barbette ships built in France.

Ships in class

Builder: La Seyne-sur-Mer
Ordered: 27 December 1880
Launched: 24 May 1887
Fate: Broken up in 1922
Builder: Toulon
Ordered: 7 October 1880
Launched:19 April 1890
Fate: Broken up in 1911
Builder: Brest
Ordered: 7 October 1880
Launched: 7 May 1887
Fate: Sunk as target ship in 1913

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