Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Bretagne | Arsenal de Brest | 1/1853 | 17.2.1855 | 6/1856 | stricken 7.1866 |
Displacement normal, t |
6874 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
81.0 pp |
Breadth, m |
18.1 |
Draught, m |
9.03 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 4-cyl HSE, 8 boilers |
Power, h. p. |
3327 |
Max speed, kts |
12.8 |
Fuel, t |
coal 590 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
18 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 50pdr SBML, 18 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 18 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 38 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades |
Complement |
1170 |
Project history: 130-gun three-decker, laid down instead of the sailing ship with the same name using the timber prepared for her. Ship was overloaded as built, lower battery was only 1.45 higher than wl instead of planned 1.76m. Seagoing qualities were also very poor. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: 1865: machinery was removed.
Naval service: No significant events.
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