NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Belliquese			Arsenal de Toulon	9/1863	6.9.1865	1866	target 1886

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3717
Displacement full, t
Length, m	70.0 wl
Breadth, m	14.0
Draught, m	6.97 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HRCR, 4 oval boilers
Power, h. p.	1200
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	coal 250
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; belt: 150, battery: 120
Armament	4 x 1 - 194/19 M1864 MLR, 6 x 1 - 165/18 M1864 MLR
Complement	300

Project history

A wooden-hulled ship with no plating outside the armour. There was a bronze pointed ram 3m below water, and the Belliqueuse was rigged as a barque with 1450m², later increased to 1770m² of sail. The 194mm and 4 165mm guns were in the battery 1.8m above water and 2 165mm, later the 139mm, on the upper deck.

Ship protection

There was a complete belt from the battery deck to 1.26m below water, but the battery bulkheads were only thin plating.

Modernizations

1870s: - 4 x 1 - 194/19, 2 x 1 - 165/18; + 4 x 1 - 194/20 M1870, 5 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss.

Naval service

No significant events.