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French ironclad Belliqueuse
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The French ironclad Belliqueuse ("Bellicose") was a wooden-hulled, armored corvette, built for the French Navy in the 1860s and designed as a cheap ironclad. She was the first French ironclad to sail around the world, which she did between December 1867 and May 1869. She spent the bulk of her career in the Pacific before returning to Toulon, where she was used as a target in 1886.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Belliqueuse class |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Alma class |
Built | 1863–1866 |
In service | 1866–1918 |
In commission | 1866–1884 |
Completed | 1 |
Retired | 1 |
History | |
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Name | Belliqueuse |
Builder | Toulon dockyard |
Laid down | September 1863 |
Launched | 6 September 1865 |
Commissioned | 30 October 1866 |
Stricken | 3 May 1886 |
Fate | Sold for demolition, 1889 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ironclad |
Displacement | 3,777 t (3,717 long tons) |
Length | 70 m (229 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 14.01 m (46 ft) |
Draft | 6.97 m (22.9 ft) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 1 shaft, steam engine |
Sail plan | Barque-rig |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Range | 1,410 nautical miles (2,610 km; 1,620 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 300 |
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