French ironclad Montcalm

	Model of her sister Jeanne d'Arc on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris, before the rear barbettes were deleted
History
France
Name	Montcalm
Namesake	Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran
Builder	Rochefort
Laid down	26 October 1865
Launched	16 October 1868
Commissioned	1870
Fate	Condemned 2 April 1891
General characteristics
Class and type	Alma-class ironclad
Displacement	3,889 t (3,828 long tons)
Length	68.75 m (225 ft 7 in)
Beam	14.13 m (46 ft 4 in)
Draft	6.66 m (21 ft 10 in) (mean)
Installed power	1,830 ihp (1,360 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 steam engine
Sail plan	Barque-rig
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range	1,460 nmi (2,700 km; 1,680 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	316
Armament	6 × single 194 mm (7.6 in) Mle 1864 guns; 4 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns;
Armor	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in); Battery: 120 mm (4.7 in); Barbettes: 100 mm (3.9 in); Bulkheads: 120 mm (4.7 in);

The French ironclad Montcalm was a wooden-hulled armored corvette built for the French Navy in the mid-1860s. She was named after Major General Montcalm who lost the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. She played a minor role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 where she captured one Prussian sailing ship. Montcalm spent most of her later career abroad, either in Chinese waters or in the Pacific Ocean. The ship was condemned in 1891.

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