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