Dévastation-class ironclad

The Dévastation-class ironclads were a class of ironclad battleships that were laid down as part of the 1872 programme. They were a development of the 1876 ironclad Redoutable.[1] The class consisted of Dévastation and Courbet.

Not to be confused with the British Devastation-class ironclads or the 1850s Dévastation-class ironclad floating batteries.
Dévastation
Class overview
Name: Dévastation class
Operators:  French Navy
Built: 1875-1886
In commission: 1882-1922
Completed: 2
Scrapped: 2
General characteristics
Type: Central battery ironclad
Displacement:
Length:
  • 100.25 m (328 ft 11 in) o/a
  • 95 m (311 ft 8 in) p/p
  • 98.70 m (323 ft 10 in) w/l[1]
Beam: 21.25 m (69 ft 9 in)[1]
Draught:
  • 7.51 m (24 ft 8 in) loaded draught forward
  • 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) 7.80 m loaded draught amidships
  • 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in) 8.10 m loaded draught aft[1]
Depth of hold: 7.34 m (24 ft 1 in)[1]
Installed power: 12 boilers, 2 Woolf triple expansion engines totalling 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW)[1]
Propulsion: Twin screws (5.24 m diameter) + sail
Sail plan:
  • Ship rig
  • Sail area 1,833 m2 (19,730 sq ft)[1]
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at full load (steam)[1]
Range: 3,100 nmi (5,700 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) (steam)[1]
Complement: 689[2]
Armament:
  • Dévastation as built:
  • 4 × 34cm/18 model 1875
  • 4 × 27cm/18 model 1870M
  • 6 × 14cm model 1870M
  • 18 × 37mm Hotchkiss revolving cannon
  • 4 × 14in torpedo tubes
  • Dévastation state in May 1896:
  • 4 × 320mm/25 model 1870-81
  • 4 × 274.4mm model 1875
  • 6 × 138.6mm
  • 2 × 65mm
  • 6 × 47mm QF
  • 20 × 37mm QF
  • 2 × 14in torpedo tubes
  • Dévastation after March 1902 refit:
  • 4 × 274.4mm model 1893
  • 2 × 240mm/40 model 1893/96
  • 10 × 100mm model 1891 and 1892
  • 14 × 47mm QF
  • 2 × 37mm QF[1][2]
Armour:
  • Wrought iron
  • 38 cm (15 in) belt amidships
  • 24 cm (9.4 in) redoubt
  • 6 cm (2.4 in) main deck[1]


Ships
NameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCompleted
Dévastation Arsenal de Lorient 20 December 1875 19 August 1879 15 July 1882
Courbet Arsenal de Toulon 19 July 1875 27 April 1882 20 October 1886

References
  1. Saibène, Marc, Les Cuirasses Redoutable, Dévastation, Courbet, Programme de 1872, pub Marine Édition, ISBN 2-909675-16-5
  2. Chesnau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4
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