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The floating battery Lave at Lorient, 1854
Class overview
NameDévastation
BuildersFrench naval yards
Operators French Navy
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byPaixhans Class
Cost1.23 million French Francs[1]
Planned10
Building5
Completed5
Cancelled5
Retired5
General characteristics
Typebroadside ironclad
Propulsionlist error: <br /> list (help)
Sail and single screw,
Mazeline steam engine, 150 nhp
Sail planthree-masted, 885 m²
Speed3.75 knots
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
1st battery: 16x50 + 2x12 cm
2nd battery: 2x24 + 6x19 + 3x16 cm
Armour110mm iron plates (100mm over the batteries), 440mm oak planking, wooden hull
NotesShips in class include:


Notes

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  1. ^ Dummy ref

References

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  • Baxter, James Phinney (2001), The Introduction of the Ironclad Warship (reprint ed.), Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, ISBN 1-55750-218-8
  • Brown, D. K. (1990), Before the Ironclad: Development of Ship Design, Propulsion and Armament in the Royal Navy, 1815–1860, London: Conway Maritime Press, ISBN 0-85177-532-2
  • Depeyre, Michel (2003), Entre vent et eau: un siècle d'hésitations tactiques et stratégiques, 1790–1890, Paris: Economica, ISBN 2-7178-4701-4
  • Geoffroy, Pierre de (1988), "La guerre de Crimée et la France: Des batteries flottantes aux gardes-côtes", Marine et technique au XIXe siècle. Actes du colloque internationale, Paris, École militaire, les 10, 11, 12 juin 1987, Paris: Service historique de la Marine, pp. 307–345
  • Greene, Jack; Massignani, Alessandro (1998), Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854–1891, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Combined Publishing, ISBN 0-938289-58-6
  • Tucker, Spencer C. (2000), Handbook of 19th Century Naval Warfare, Stroud: Sutton, ISBN 0-7509-1972-8


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