French ironclad Magnanime
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| History |
 France
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| Name: |
Magnanime |
| Fate: |
Sold for scrap, |
| General characteristics (as completed) |
| Class & type: |
Broadside ironclad |
| Displacement: |
5,900–6,000 t (5,800–5,900 long tons) |
| Length: |
80.72 m (264 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: |
17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: |
7.7–8.4 m (25 ft 3 in–27 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power: |
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| Propulsion: |
1 shaft, 1 Horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engine |
| Sail plan: |
Barque-rig |
| Speed: |
13–14.5 knots (24.1–26.9 km/h; 15.0–16.7 mph) |
| Range: |
2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: |
579–594 |
| Armament: |
30 × single 164 mm (6.5 in) Mle 1858-60 breech-loading guns |
| Armor: |
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The French ironclad Magnamanie was one of 10 Provence-class ironclads built for the French Navy during the 1860s.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- de Balincourt, Captain; Vincent-Bréchignac, Captain (1975). "The French Navy of Yesterday: Ironclad Frigates: Second Group – Provence Type". F.P.D.S. Newsletter (Akron, OH: F.P.D.S.) III (2): 9–13.
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gille, Eric (1999). Cent ans de cuirassés français. Nantes: Marines. ISBN 2-909-675-50-5.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.