french ironclad triumphant ship class wooden armored built french_navy 1870s construction delayed years navy took advantage extended construction time upgrade armament comparison lead ship half sister participated number battles sino french war ship remained asia returned france war condemned sold 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 reducing drag stationary propellers 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 millimeter modèle breech loading guns central battery battery deck millimeter guns mounted barbettes upper deck sides ship forward funnel millimeter breech loading chase gun fitted forecastle secondary armament millimeter breech loading 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 gun fired armor piercing pound shell gun weighed long tons gun fired shell muzzle velocity credited ability penetrate nominal inches wrought iron armour muzzle gun long weighed long tons fired pound explosive shell velocity guns fire solid shot explosive shells defense torpedo boats 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 august launched march exact reason prolonged construction time known budget french_navy cut franco prussian war french reformed working practices suitable industrial age ship commissioned flagship october command february flagship french division levant rear admiral admiral ordered shift flag ordered half sister assigned command vice admiral participated actions sino french war ships fought sinking wooden destroying coastal defenses defending supplied landing parties october forced retreat chinese troops albeit casualties killed wounded helped capture march losing killed wounded landing party flagship april remained february reduced reserve condemned july sold scrap
French ironclad Triomphante