French ironclad Neptune

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Neptune.
The Neptune on Penfeld river, c. 1892, by Edmond Chagot
History
France
Name: Neptune
Namesake: Neptune
Ordered: 7 October 1880
Builder: Brest
Laid down: 17 April 1882
Launched: 7 May 1887
Commissioned: 1892
In service: 23 December 1892
Out of service: 4 February 1908
Fate: Sunk as target ship in 1913
General characteristics
Class & type: Marceau-class ironclad
Displacement: 10,558 tonnes
Length: 99 m (325 ft)
Beam: 20 m (66 ft)
Draught: 8.4 m (28 ft)
Installed power: 8 boilers, 11,000 shp (8,200 kW)
Propulsion: 2 steam engines
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 651
Armament:
Armour:

Neptune was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy.

Service history

Neptune served in the Mediterranean squadron until 1898, when she was used as a training ship, and as a hulk from February 1908.

She was eventually sunk as target off Cherbourg.

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