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French ironclad Tigre
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Tigre was a one of four Bélier-class ironclad rams built for the French Navy during the 1870s. Completed in 1874, she spent most of her career in reserve and was scrapped in 1892.
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The Bélier class constituted a reversal of the defensive philosophy that drove the design of the preceding ironclad ram, Taureau, with their emphasis on an offensive role using their guns instead of a ram.[1][2] The ships had an overall length of 72 m (236 ft 3 in), a beam of 16.14 m (52 ft 11 in) and a draft of 5.83 m (19.1 ft). They displaced 3,589 metric tons (3,532 long tons). They were powered by a pair of two-cylinder direct-acting steam engines that used steam provided by six boilers to drive each propeller shaft. The engines were rated at a total of 2,120 indicated horsepower (1,580 kW)[3] that was intended to give the ships a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).[4] The ships carried enough coal to give them a range of 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). The ship's complement numbered 147 sailors of all ranks.[3]

Tigre was armed with a main battery of two 240 mm (9.4 in) Mle 1870 rifled breech-loading guns in a turret in the bow. The turret sat above a barbette that housed the turret machinery; both had armor 180 mm (7.1 in) thick. The ships were protected by a full-length waterline belt of wrought iron that was 220 mm (8.7 in) thick. The deck armor was 20 mm (0.8 in) thick in Tigre.[3][4]
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Construction and career
Tigre was completed in September 1874 and was transferred to Brest later that month. She was placed in reserve on 15 September, but was commissioned on 1 December to conduct testing of torpedo tubes that ended when the ship returned to reserve on 17 June 1875. Tigre was struck from the navy list on 10 February 1892 and subsequently broken up.[3]
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