Dévastation-class ironclad

	Courbet in Toulon, probably in the early 1890s
Class overview
Name	Dévastation class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Redoutable
Succeeded by	Amiral Duperré
Built	1875-1886
In commission	1882-1922
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Class and type	Central battery ship
Displacement	10,450 long tons (10,620 t)
Length	100.52 m (329 ft 9 in) (loa)
Beam	21.26 m (69 ft 9 in)
Draft	8.08–8.23 m (26 ft 6 in – 27 ft 0 in)
Installed power	12 × fire-tube boilers; 8,300 indicated horsepower (6,200 kW);
Propulsion	2 × compound steam engines; 2 × screw propellers;
Speed	15 to 15.5 kn (27.8 to 28.7 km/h; 17.3 to 17.8 mph)
Range	3,100 nmi (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	689 men
Armament	4 × 340 mm (13.4 in) guns; 4 × 274.4 mm (10.80 in) guns; 6 × 5.46 in (138.6 mm) guns; 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon; 5 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 178 to 381 mm (7 to 15 in); Casemate: 241 mm (9.5 in); Deck: 61 mm (2.4 in);

The Dévastation-class ironclads were a class of ironclad battleships that were laid down as part of the 1872 programme. They were a development of the 1876 ironclad Redoutable. The class consisted of Dévastation and Courbet.

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