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Trident

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Colbert			Arsenal de Brest	4.7.1870	16.9.1875	30.6.1877	condemned 8.1900
Trident			Arsenal de Toulon	4/1870	9.11.1876	18.11.1878	gunnery TS 1894, condemned 3.1900

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	8750
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Colbert: 96.9 wl 101.1 oa Trident: 96.9 wl 102.1 oa
Breadth, m	17.5
Draught, m	Colbert: 8.53 max Trident: 8.84 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HRCR compound, 8 oval boilers
Power, h. p.	4600
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	coal 620
Endurance, nm(kts)	3300(10)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; belt: 220 - 180, battery: 160, bulkheads: 120, deck: 15
Armament	8 x 1 - 274/18 M1870, 1 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 8 x 1 - 139/21 M1870
Complement	774

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Project history

This class were the last French wooden hulled sea-going battleships. The battery was shorter than in the Richelieu and accommodated 6 274mm guns which had no axial fire, the other two being in unarmoured barbettes with the upperworks much recessed to give a wide arc of training. One 240mm gun was forward under the forecastle and the second was added shortly after completion in place of two 139mm. It was mounted at the stern on a centre pivot mounting with light protection. Metacentric height was 0.6 - 0.8m and as completed they were full rigged with 2140 m2 of sail. A British report notes that the Colbert had steam steering and was said to be very handy.

Ship protection

The belt (1.8m heigh) was complete and had 220mm thickness (180mm near the stern) and the unarmoured wooden sides above were plated by 15mm iron. Battery had 160mm sides and 120mm bulkheads. Barbettes were unarmoured.

Modernizations

1870s, Colbert: - 2 x 1 - 139/21; + 1 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 14 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 350 TT (aw, beam)

1870s, Trident: - 2 x 1 - 139/21; + 1 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 18 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 6 - 350 TT (aw, beam)

Naval service

No significant events.