French ironclad Marceau

Marceau after her 1900–02 refit
History
France
Name:	Marceau
Namesake:	General François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers
Ordered:	October 1880
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down:	28 November 1882
Launched:	24 May 1887
Completed:	14 March 1891
Commissioned:	18 April 1891
Out of service:	1 October 1920
Fate:	Wrecked, 17 January 1922
General characteristics
Class and type:	Marceau-class ironclad turret ship
Displacement:	10,850 t (10,680 long tons) (deep load)
Length:	101.6 m (333 ft 4 in) (o/a)
Beam:	20.23 m (66 ft 4 in)
Draught:	8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
Installed power:	11,169 PS (8,215 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	16.2 knots (30.0 km/h; 18.6 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	643–651
Armament:	4 × single 340 mm (13.4 in) 1881 guns 16 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) Mle 1884 guns 7 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1881 guns 12 × single 47 mm Mle 1885 Hotchkiss guns 8 × quintuple 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver guns 5 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Compound armour Belt: 230–450 mm (9.1–17.7 in) Decks: 80 mm (3.1 in) Barbettes: 450 mm (17.7 in)

Marceau was an ironclad turret ship built for the French Navy during the 1880s, the lead ship of her class. She served in the Mediterranean Squadron until 1900, when she was rebuilt and subsequently placed in reserve. She returned to service in 1906 as a torpedo training ship. During World War I, she served in Malta and Corfu as a submarine tender. The old ironclad was sold for scrapping in 1920, and while being towed to Toulon, she ran aground in a gale off Bizerte and became stranded. The wreck remained visible there until the 1930s.

Marceau had an overall length of 101.6 meters (333 ft 4 in) and was 98.6 meters (323 ft 6 in) long between perpendiculars. She had a beam of 20.23 m (66 ft 4 in) and a draft up to 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in). She displaced 10,850 tonnes (10,680 long tons). The ship was powered by a pair of vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by eight coal-fired cylindrical boilers that were trunked into a single large funnel. The engines were designed to reach 12,000 metric horsepower (8,800 kW) and propel the ship at a top speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph), but they only managed 11,169 metric horsepower (8,215 kW) and 16.194 knots (29.991 km/h; 18.636 mph) on the ship's sea trials.Marceau had a range of 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). She had a crew of 643–651 officers and enlisted men.