La Galissonnière-class ironclad

	La Galissonnière in 1885
Class overview
Name	La Galissonnière class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Alma class
Succeeded by	Bayard class
Subclasses	Victorieuse and Triomphante
Built	1868–1880
In service	1874–1900
Completed	3
Scrapped	3
General characteristics (La Galissonnière)
Type	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	2,370 ihp (1,770 kW); 4 oval boilers;
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
Armament	6 × 1 – 240 mm (9.4 in) Mle 1870 guns; 4 × 1 – 120 mm (4.7 in) guns;
Armor	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in); Battery: 120 mm (4.7 in); Barbettes: 120 mm (5 in); Bulkheads: 120 mm (4.7 in);

The La Galissonnière-class ironclads were a group of wooden-hulled, armored corvettes built for the French Navy during the 1870s, meant as a heavier armed and faster version of the Alma-class ironclads. While all three ships were begun before the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the construction of the last two ships was delayed for years. The navy took advantage of the extended construction time of the latter ships to upgrade their armament. La Galissonnière bombarded Sfax in 1881 as part of the French occupation of Tunisia. She and her half-sister Triomphante participated in a number of battles during the Sino-French War of 1884–85. Their sister Victorieuse had a much quieter career. All three ships were decommissioned in the 1890s.

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