French ironclad Gloire

	Gloire anchored, 1869
History
France
Name	Gloire
Namesake	Glory
Laid down	4 March 1858
Launched	24 November 1859
Completed	August 1860
Stricken	1879
Fate	Scrapped, 1883
General characteristics
Class and type	Gloire-class ironclad
Displacement	5,618 t (5,529 long tons)
Length	78.22 m (256 ft 8 in)
Beam	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Draught	8.48 m (27 ft 10 in)
Depth of hold	10.67 m (35 ft 0 in)
Installed power	2,500 ihp (1,900 kW); 8 oval boilers;
Propulsion	1 × Shaft; 1 × HRCR-steam engine;
Sail plan	Barquentine rigged
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	4,000 km (2,500 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	570 officers and enlisted men
Armament	As built:; 36 × 164 mm (6.5 in) Mle 1858 rifled muzzle-loading guns; After 1868:; 6 × 240 mm (9.4 in) Mle 1864 Breech-loading guns; 2 × 192 mm (7.6 in) Mle 1866 Breech-loading guns;
Armour	Hull: 120 mm (4.7 in); Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in);

The French ironclad Gloire ([ɡlwaʁ], "Glory") was the first ocean-going ironclad, launched in 1859. She was developed after the Crimean War, in response to new developments of naval gun technology, especially the Paixhans guns and rifled guns, which used explosive shells with increased destructive power against wooden ships. Her design was also influenced by the Anglo-French development of ironclad floating batteries to bombard Russian forts during the same war.

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