french ironclad victorious second ship class wooden armored built french_navy 1870s construction delayed years navy took advantage extended construction time upgrade armament comparison lead ship unlike sisters combat participated condemned design description class ironclads designed faster heavily armed versions alma class ironclads central battery layout predecessors battery lengthened meters provide room work larger millimeter guns sister ship modified reduced number screws improve sailing qualities added millimeter bow forecastle increased caliber number secondary armament meters perpendiculars beam meters mean draft meters displaced metric tons long tons crew numbered officers men propulsion single vertical compound steam engine driving single propeller engine powered oval boilers sea trials engine produced indicated horsepower ship reached knots mph carried metric tons long tons coal allowed steam nautical miles speed knots mph ship rigged masts sail area square meters armament mounted guns central battery battery deck millimeter guns mounted barbettes upper deck sides ship forward funnel millimeter chase gun fitted forecastle secondary armament millimeter guns mounted upper deck armor piercing shell caliber gun weighed pounds gun weighed long tons muzzle velocity credited ability penetrate nominal inches wrought iron armour muzzle caliber millimeter gun fired armor piercing pound shell gun weighed long tons gun fired shell muzzle velocity credited ability penetrate nominal inches wrought iron armour muzzle millimeter gun long weighed long tons fired pound explosive shell muzzle velocity guns fire solid shot explosive shells ship mounted millimeter hotchkiss barrel revolving guns fired shell weighing muzzle velocity range meters rate fire rounds minute received towed harvey torpedoes armor class ships complete millimeter wrought iron waterline belt approximately meters high laid millimeters wood sides battery armored millimeters wrought iron backed millimeters wood ends battery closed bulkheads thickness barbette armor millimeters thick portions sides protected thin iron plates service laid toulon august launched november exact reason prolonged construction time known budget french_navy cut franco prussian war french reformed working practices suitable industrial age ship commissioned sea trials november placed reserve toulon completed recommissioned flagship august command rear admiral ship participated conquered admiral uncle years returned toulon ship recommissioned flagship december command relieved sister april flagship arrived france bad shape soon placed reserve flagship second command february ship summer maneuvers coast july years later flagship initially condemned reversed convoy torpedo boats plan later cancelled paid outer harbor brest finally condemned following year
French ironclad Victorieuse