French ironclad Victorieuse

Victorieuse in Algiers, 8 July 1886
History
France
Name:	Victorieuse
Builder:	Toulon
Laid down:	5 August 1869
Launched:	18 November 1875
Commissioned:	17 August 1878
Fate:	Condemned 8 March 1900
General characteristics
Class and type:	La Galissonnière-class ironclad
Displacement:	4,150 metric tons (4,080 long tons)
Length:	76.85 m (252 ft 2 in)
Beam:	14.88 m (48 ft 10 in)
Draft:	6.3 m (21 ft) (mean)
Installed power:	2,214 ihp (1,651 kW)
Propulsion:	1 shaft, 2 vertical compound steam engines 4 oval boilers
Sail plan:	Ship rig
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range:	2,740 nautical miles (5,070 km; 3,150 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	352–382
Armament:	6 × 1 - 240 mm (9.4 in) Mle 1870 guns 1 × 1 - 194 mm (7.6 in) gun 6 × 1 - 138 mm (5.4 in) guns 4 × 1 - 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss 5-barrel revolving guns Harvey torpedoes
Armor:	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Battery: 120 mm (4.7 in) Barbettes: 120 mm (5 in) Bulkheads: 120 mm (4.7 in)

Victorieuse (Victorious) was the second ship of the La Galissonnière class of wooden-hulled, armored corvettes built for the French Navy during the 1870s. Her construction was delayed for years and the navy took advantage of the extended construction time to upgrade her armament in comparison to the lead ship, La Galissonnière. Unlike her sisters, Victorieuse did not see any combat although she participated in the pacification of the Marquesas Islands in 1880. She was condemned in 1900.

The La Galissonnière-class ironclads were designed as faster, more heavily armed versions of the Alma-class ironclads by Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They used the same central battery layout as their predecessors, although the battery was lengthened 4 meters (13 ft 1 in) to provide enough room to work the larger 240-millimeter (9.4 in) guns. Victorieuse and her sister ship Triomphante were modified by Sabattier who reduced the number of screws from two to one to improve their sailing qualities, added an 194-millimeter (7.6 in) bow chaser under the forecastle and increased the caliber and number of the secondary armament.

Victorieuse was 76.85 meters (252 ft 2 in) between perpendiculars and had a beam of 14.88 meters (48 ft 10 in). She had a mean draft of 6.3 meters (20 ft 8 in) and displaced 4,150 metric tons (4,080 long tons). Her crew numbered between 352 and 382 officers and men.

Victorieuse had a single vertical compound steam engine driving a single propeller. Her engine was powered by four oval boilers. During sea trials her engine produced 2,214 indicated horsepower (1,651 kW) and the ship reached 12.75 knots (23.61 km/h; 14.67 mph). She only carried 330 metric tons (320 long tons) of coal which allowed her to steam for 2,740 nautical miles (5,070 km; 3,150 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Victorieuse was also ship-rigged with three masts and had a sail area of 1,730 square meters (18,600 sq ft).