French ironclad Flandre

	A scale model of Flandre
History
France
Name	Flandre
Namesake	Flandre (Flanders)
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	28 January 1861
Launched	12 June 1864
Commissioned	May 1865
Stricken	12 November 1886
Fate	Scrapped, 1887
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Provence-class ironclad frigate
Displacement	5,810 t (5,720 long tons)
Length	82.9 m (272 ft) (o/a)
Beam	17.06 m (56 ft)
Draft	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) (deep load)
Installed power	8 boilers; 3,852 PS (2,833 kW) (trials);
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 horizontal-return connecting rod-steam engine
Sail plan	Barque-rig
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) (trials)
Range	2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	579–594
Armament	10 × 50 pdr (194 mm (7.6 in)) smoothbore guns; 22 × 164.7 mm (6.5 in) rifled muzzle-loading guns; 2 × 223.3 mm (8.8 in) Paixhans guns;
Armor	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in); Battery: 110 mm (4.3 in); Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in);

The French ironclad Flandre was one of ten Provence-class armored frigates built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the 1860s. Commissioned in 1865, she was initially assigned to the Northern Squadron (Escadre du Nord) and sometimes served as a flagship. The ironclad played a minor role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, blockading the North Sea coast of Prussia. Flandre was decommissioned after the war and remained in reserve for the next decade and a half. The ship was disarmed in 1884 and was scrapped three years later.

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