Gloire 1860
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Gloire | Arsenal de Toulon | 5/1858 | 24.11.1859 | 8/1860 | stricken 12.1879 | ||
| Invincible | Arsenal de Toulon | 5/1858 | 4.4.1861 | 3/1863 | stricken 8.1872 | ||
| Normandie | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 14.9.1858 | 10.3.1860 | 3/1862 | stricken 8.1871 |
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Displacement normal, t |
5617 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
77.9 wl 80.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
17.0 |
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Draught, m |
8.38 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 2-cyl HSE return connecting rod, 8 oval boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Gloire: 2699 |
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Max speed, kts |
Gloire: 12.3 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 500 - 682 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
wrought iron; belt: 120, battery: 110, CT: 100 |
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Armament |
36 x 1 - 165/17 M1858 MLR |
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Complement |
570 |
Project history: Although the Gloire will
always be famous as the firsf armoured battleship, this class were not very
successful ships. Designed by Dupuy de Lôme, the two Toulon ships were ordered
4.3.1858 and the Normandie 6 months later. They were wooden hulled and as
vulnerable to damage below the armour as one of the screw 2-deckers.The 165mm
RMLs had a very poor performance against armour, and were soon replaced by 165mm
BLs (M1860) which were no more powerful. There were two guns on the upper deck
and the rest on the broadside behind armour only 1.9m above water.
Originally a light barquenrine rig of 1100 m² was provided
but the economics of peacetime cruising caused this to be changed for a full rig
of 2500 m² which was later much reduced. They were not good seaboats and as to
be expected from a metacentric height of about 2.1m rolled badly. Invincible
and Normandie were built of unsound timber and were completely rotted
after less than ten years' service.
Ship protection: The 120mm iron belt extended from stem to stern and from 2m below waterline to 0.5m above, being backed by the 800mm wooden hull. Battery had 110mm iron armour on 660mm wooden backing. The CT was 3.7m high and unroofed, and there was 10mm iron under the wooden upper deck.
Modernizations: 1863, Gloire: - 36 x 1 - 165/17; + 34 x 1 - 165/15 M1860 BLR
1864, Gloire: - 2 x 1 - 165/15
1864, Invincible: - 36 x 1 - 165/17; + 32 x 1 - 165/15 M1860 BLR
1865, Normandie: - 36 x 1 - 165/17; + 12 x 1 - 194/16 50pdr SBML, 16 x 1 - 165/15 M1860 BLR
1867, Gloire was armed with: 6 x 1 - 240/18 M1864 BLR, 2 x 1 - 194/19 M1864 BLR
1868, Nvincible, Normandie: were armed with 8 x 1 - 240/18 M1864 BLR, 6 x 1 - 194/19 M1864 BLR
Naval service: No significant events.
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