French ironclad Flandre

History
France
Name: Flandre
Namesake: Flandre
Fate: Sold for scrap,
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and 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)
Installed power:
  • 3,050–3,600 ihp (2,270–2,680 kW)
  • 8–9 oval boilers
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:

The French ironclad Flandre was one of 10 Provence-class ironclads built for the French Navy during the 1860s.

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