french ironclad french ironclad originally intended iron version class armoured frigate built french_navy 1870s altered prolonged construction named french victory battle ship spent bulk career assigned supported french occupation tunisia condemned design description central battery ironclad armament concentrated amidships like ironclads era fitted shaped ram ship measured meters overall beam meters maximum draft meters displaced metric tons long tons metric tons long tons larger ocean class ironclads crew numbered officers men millimetre watertight bulkheads divided hull compartments reached main deck double metacentric height ship low little feet propulsion cylinder horizontal return connecting rod compound steam engine driving single propeller engine powered oval boilers sea trials engine produced indicated horsepower reached knots mph carried metric tons long tons coal allowed steam approximately nautical miles speed knots mph initially ship rigged masts barque rigged finally fore aft rigged mainmast removed armament armour millimetre guns mounted barbettes upper deck gun forward corner battery remaining millimetre guns battery deck barbettes millimetre guns upper deck fore aft barbettes battery deck calibre millimeter gun fired armour 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 point ship received millimeter hotchkiss barrel revolving guns fired shell weighing muzzle velocity range meters rate fire rounds minute hull enable guns battery deck fire forward aft guns mounted barbettes sides hull ability fire fore aft water millimeter torpedo tubes added added complete millimeter wrought iron waterline belt sides transverse bulkheads battery armoured millimeters wrought iron barbettes service laid january launched october exact reason prolonged construction time known budget french_navy cut franco prussian war french reformed working practices suitable industrial age ship began sea trials completed june joined ship bombarded port july french occupation tunisia reduced reserve decommissioned returned active duty paid condemned
French ironclad Friedland