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  Tonnant 1890s  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tonnant			Arsenal de Rochefort	1/1875	1880	1884	stricken 1903

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5010
Displacement full, t
Length, m	73.8 pp 75.8 oa
Breadth, m	17.8
Draught, m	5.26 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	11.6
Fuel, t	coal 200
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; belt: 450 - 340, barbettes: 370, deck: 50
Armament	2 x 1 - 340/18 M1875, 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885
Complement	175

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Project history

A ship with a low freeboard hull built up by a superstructure which was turtle-backed forward. The barbettes were shallow rings with armoured ammunition tubes and thin tunnel-shaped shields to the guns. They were located fore and aft on the lower superstructure one deck above the hull proper. There was a military foremast and single funnel.

Ship protection

The belt was 450mm at the waterline amidships reducing to 340mm at the ends with a 50mm deck at the belt upper edge.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.