French ironclad Marengo
Model of Océan on display at the Musée de la Marine, Paris
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| Name: | Marengo |
| Namesake: | Battle of Marengo |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Brest |
| Laid down: | July 1865 |
| Launched: | 4 December 1869 |
| Commissioned: | 1872 |
| Struck: | 1895 |
| Fate: | Sold 7 March 1895 |
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| Class and type: | Océan-class ironclad |
| Displacement: | 7,860 metric tons (7,740 long tons) |
| Length: | 86.2 m (282 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 17.52 m (57 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 9.09 m (29.8 ft) |
| Installed power: | 3,600 ihp (2,700 kW) |
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| Sail plan: | Barque or barquentine-rig |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range: | approximately 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 750–778 |
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Marengo was a wooden-hulled, armored frigate of the Océan class, built for the French Navy in the mid to late 1860s. The ship was running her sea trials in July 1870 when the Franco-Prussian War began and was immediately placed in until after the war was over. Marengo participated in the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881 and was flagship of the Northern Squadron in 1891 when it made port visits in Britain and Russia. She was sold for scrap in 1896.
The Océan-class ironclads were designed by Henri Dupuy de Lôme as an improved version of the Provence-class ironclads. The ships were central battery ironclads with the armament concentrated amidships. For the first time in a French ironclad three watertight iron bulkheads were fitted in the hull. Like most ironclads of their era they were equipped with a metal-reinforced ram.
The ship measured 87.73 meters (287 ft 10 in) overall, with a beam of 17.52 meters (57 ft 6 in). Marengo had a maximum draft of 9.09 meters (29 ft 10 in) and displaced 7,749 metric tons (7,627 long tons). Her crew numbered between 750 and 778 officers and men. The metacentric height of the ship was very low, between 1.7–2.2 feet (0.5–0.7 m).
The Océan-class ships had one horizontal return connecting rod compound steam engine driving a single propeller. Their engines were powered by eight oval boilers. On sea trials the engine produced 3,600 indicated horsepower (2,700 kW) and Marego reached 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph). She carried 650 metric tons (640 long tons) of coal which allowed her to steam for approximately 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). The Océan-class ships were barque or barquentine-rigged with three masts and had a sail area around 2,000 square meters (22,000 sq ft).
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