French ironclad La Galissonnière
La Galissonnière was lead ship of a class of wooden-hulled, armored corvettes built for the French Navy during the 1870s. She was named after the victor of the Battle of Minorca in 1756, Marquis de la Galissonnière. She bombarded Sfax in 1881 as part of the French occupation of Tunisia and was present in Alexandria shortly before the British bombarded it before the beginning of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War. The ship participated in a number of battles during the Sino-French War of 1884–85. La Galissonnière was condemned in 1894.
La Galissonnière in 1885 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | La Galissonnière |
| Namesake | Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière |
| Builder | Brest |
| Laid down | 22 June 1868 |
| Launched | 7 May 1872 |
| Commissioned | 18 July 1874 |
| Fate | Condemned 24 December 1894 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | La Galissonnière-class ironclad |
| Displacement | 4,654 metric tons (4,580 long tons) |
| Length | 76.62 m (251 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 14.84 m (48 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 6.55 m (21.5 ft) (mean) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 Vertical compound steam engines |
| Sail plan | Ship rig |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 2,920 nautical miles (5,410 km; 3,360 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 352–382 |
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