French ironclad Friedland

	French ironclad Friedland
Class overview
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Océan class
Succeeded by	Richelieu
Built	1865–1877
In service	1877–1898
In commission	1877–1902
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
France
Name	Friedland
Namesake	Battle of Friedland
Builder	Lorient
Laid down	January 1865
Launched	25 October 1873
Completed	20 June 1877
Decommissioned	1898
Fate	Condemned 1902
General characteristics
Type	Central battery ironclad
Displacement	8,540 metric tons (8,410 long tons)
Length	101.1 m (331 ft 8 in)
Beam	17.7 m (58 ft 1 in)
Draft	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Installed power	4,428 ihp (3,302 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod compound steam engine; 8 oval boilers;
Sail plan	Ship rig
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	2,660 nautical miles (4,930 km; 3,060 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	688
Armament	8 × 1 - 274 mm (10.8 in) guns; 8 × 1 - 138 mm (5.4 in) guns;
Armor	Belt: 220 mm (8.7 in); Battery: 160 mm (6.3 in); Bulkheads: 100 mm (3.9 in);

The French ironclad Friedland was originally intended to be an iron-hulled version of Océan-class armoured frigate built for the French Navy during the 1870s, but she was much altered during her prolonged construction. Named after the French victory at the Battle of Friedland in 1807, the ship spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron and supported the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881. She was condemned in 1902.

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