Provence-class ironclad

Class overview
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Name:	Provence class
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Magenta class
Succeeded by:	Océan class
Built:	1861–1867
In commission:	1863–1893
Completed:	10
Scrapped:	10
General characteristics (as completed)
Type:	Broadside ironclad
Displacement:	5,900–6,000 t (5,800–5,900 long tons)
Length:	80.72 m (264 ft 10 in)
Beam:	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Draft:	7.7–8.4 m (25 ft 3 in–27 ft 7 in)
Installed power:	3,050–3,600 ihp (2,270–2,680 kW) 8–9 oval boilers
Propulsion:	1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod-steam engine
Sail plan:	Barque-rig
Speed:	13–14.5 knots (24.1–26.9 km/h; 15.0–16.7 mph)
Range:	2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	579–594
Armament:	30 × single 164 mm (6.5 in) Mle 1858-60 breech-loading guns
Armor:	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Battery: 110 mm (4.3 in) Conning tower: 102 mm (4.0 in)

The Provence-class ironclads were a group of 10 armored frigates built for the French Navy during the 1860s.

Right elevation line drawing of the design. The shaded area represents the armor protection.

Footnotes

de Balincourt, Captain; Vincent-Bréchignac, Captain (1975). "The French Navy of Yesterday: Ironclad Frigates: Second Group – Provence Type". F.P.D.S. Newsletter. Akron, OH: F.P.D.S. III (2): 9–13.
Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
Gille, Eric (1999). Cent ans de cuirassés français. Nantes: Marines. ISBN 2-909-675-50-5.
Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.

French ironclads

Broadside ironclads	Gloire Couronne^S Magenta Provence Belliqueuse^S

Central battery ironclads	Alma Océan Friedland^S La Galissonnière Richelieu^S Colbert Redoutable^S Dévastation

Barbette ironclads	Amiral Duperré^S Amiral Baudin Hoche^S Marceau Charles Martel^X

Casemate ironclads	Rochambeau^S

Monitor	Onondaga^S

Floating batteries	Dévastation Palestro Arrogante Embuscade

S Single ship of class X Cancelled

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