Provence-class ironclad

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Class overview
Name:	Provence class
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Magenta class
Succeeded by:	Océan class
Built:	1861–1867
In commission:	1863–1893
Completed:	10
Scrapped:	10
General characteristics (as completed)
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:	3,050–3,600 ihp (2,270–2,680 kW) 8–9 oval boilers
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:	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Battery: 110 mm (4.3 in) Conning tower: 102 mm (4.0 in)

The Provence-class ironclads were a group of 10 armored frigates built for the French Navy during the 1860s.

Right elevation line drawing of the design. The shaded area represents the armor protection.

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.