User:Angusmclellan/Dévastation class ironclad

The floating battery Lave at Lorient, 1854
Class overview
Name	Dévastation
Builders	French naval yards
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Paixhans Class
Cost	1.23 million French Francs
Planned	10
Building	5
Completed	5
Cancelled	5
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	broadside ironclad
Propulsion	Sail and single screw, Mazeline steam engine, 150 nhp
Sail plan	three-masted, 885 m²
Speed	3.75 knots
Armament	1st battery: 16x50 + 2x12 cm 2nd battery: 2x24 + 6x19 + 3x16 cm
Armour	110mm iron plates (100mm over the batteries), 440mm oak planking, wooden hull
Notes	Ships in class include:

References

• 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 XIX^e 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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