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Victorieuse 1890

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
La Galissonnière			Arsenal de Brest	22.6.1868	7.5.1872	1874	stricken 1894
Triomphante			Arsenal de Rochefort	5.8.1869	28.3.1877	1879	sold 1903
Victorieuse			Arsenal de Toulon	5.8.1869	18.11.1875	1877	hulk 1900

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	La Galissonnière: 4645 Triomphante, Victorieuse: 4585
Displacement full, t
Length, m	La Galissonnière: 78.0 wl Triomphante, Victorieuse: 78.6 wl
Breadth, m	14.9
Draught, m	7.37 max
No of shafts	La Galissonnière: 2 Triomphante, Victorieuse: 1
Machinery	La Galissonnière: 2 VC, 4 oval boilers Triomphante, Victorieuse: 1 VC, 4 oval boilers
Power, h. p.	2200 - 2400
Max speed, kts	12.7
Fuel, t	La Galissonnière: coal 500 Triomphante, Victorieuse: coal 330
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; belt: 150, battery: 120, barbettes: 120
Armament	La Galissonnière: 6 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 4 x 1 - 120/25 M1870 Triomphante, Victorieuse: 6 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 1 x 1 - 194/20 M1870, 6 x 1 - 139/21 M1870
Complement	La Galissonnière: 352 Triomphante, Victorieuse: 382

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Project history

This class were wooden-hulled ships with iron plating above water where not armoured. Central battery had 4 240mm guns in broadside ports. The remaining 2 240mm were in barbettes over the forward corners of the battery, with the 194mm firing ahead from under the forecastle, and the smaller guns on the upper deck. They were rigged as ships or barques with 1535 m2 of sail and had one funnel, though by 1892 Triomphante had pole topmasts with no yards.

Ship protection

 There was a complete belt extending to about 1.5m below water. There was no armour deck.

Modernizations

1880s, La Galissonnière: - 4 x 1 - 120/25; + 6 x 1 - 100/27 M1875, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885

1880s, Triomphante: + 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 350 TT (beam, aw)

1880s, Victorieuse: + 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885

Naval service

No significant events.