French ironclad Armide

Model of her sister ship Jeanne d'Arc on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris, before the rear barbettes were deleted.
History
France
Name:	Armide
Namesake:	Armida
Builder:	Rochefort
Laid down:	1865
Launched:	24 April 1867
Commissioned:	20 July 1870
Fate:	used as a target for gunnery trials, 1886
General characteristics
Class and type:	Alma-class ironclad
Displacement:	3,692 metric tons (3,634 long tons)
Length:	68.9 m (226 ft 1 in)
Beam:	14.06 m (46 ft 2 in)
Draft:	6.43 m (21.1 ft) (mean)
Installed power:	1,585 ihp (1,182 kW)
Propulsion:	1 shaft, 3-cylinder steam engine
Sail plan:	Barque-rig
Speed:	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range:	1,310 nautical miles (2,430 km; 1,510 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	316
Armament:	6 × 1 - 194 mm (7.6 in) Mle 1864 guns 4 × 1 - 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
Armor:	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Battery: 120 mm (4.7 in) Barbettes: 100 mm (4 in) Bulkheads: 120 mm (4.7 in)

The French ironclad Armide was a wooden-hulled armored corvette built for the French Navy in the mid-1860s. Placed into reserve after completion, she was first mobilized for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. She spent the rest of her career in the Mediterranean and then in the Far East as flagship of the French squadrons there, until her decommissioning in 1880. Armide was use as a target for gunnery trials in 1886.

The Alma-class ironclads were designed as improved versions of the armored corvette Belliqueuse suitable for foreign deployments. Unlike their predecessor the Alma-class ships were true central battery ironclads as they were fitted with armored transverse bulkheads. Like most ironclads of their era they were equipped with a metal-reinforced ram.

Armide measured 68.9 meters (226 ft 1 in) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 14.06 meters (46 ft 2 in). She had a mean draft of 6.43 meters (21 ft 1 in) and displaced 3,692 metric tons (3,634 long tons). Her crew numbered 316 officers and men.

The ship had a single horizontal three-cylinder return connecting-rod steam engine driving a single four-bladed propeller. Her engine was powered by four Creusot oval boilers. On sea trials the engine produced 1,585 indicated horsepower (1,182 kW) and the ship reached 10.48 knots (19.41 km/h; 12.06 mph).Armide carried 250 metric tons (250 long tons) of coal which allowed the ship to steam for 1,310 nautical miles (2,430 km; 1,510 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). She was barque-rigged and had a sail area of 1,454 square meters (15,650 sq ft).