Requin 1888
Requin 1916
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Caïman | Arsenal de Toulon | 12/1878 | 21.5.1885 | 1888 | hulk 1913 | ||
| Indomptable | Arsenal de Lorient | 6/1878 | 18.9.1883 | 2/1887 | hulk 1913 | ||
| Requin | Ch de la Gironde, Bordeaux | 12/1878 | 12.6.1885 | 12/1888 | stricken 2.1920 | ||
| Terrible | Arsenal de Brest | 12/1877 | 1881 | 1/1887 | stricken 1911 |
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Displacement normal, t |
7530 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
82.8 pp 85.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
18.0 |
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Draught, m |
7.98 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Caïman, Indomptable, Terrible: 2 VC, 12 cylindrical boilers Requin: 2 VC, 10 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6500 |
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Max speed, kts |
Caïman, Indomptable, Terrible: 14.5 Requin: 15 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
2000(10) |
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Armour, mm |
Terrible: steel; belt: 500 - 200, barbettes: 450, tubes: 200, shields: 30, deck: 105, CT: 30 Caïman, Indomptable, Requin: compound; belt: 500 - 200, barbettes: 450, tubes: 200, shields: 30 (steel), deck: 105, CT: 30 (steel) |
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Armament |
Terrible: 2 x 1 - 420/19 M1875, 4 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 16 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 350 TT (beam) Caïman, Indomptable, Requin: 2 x 1 - 420/22 M1875, 4 x 1 - 100/26 M1881, 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 16 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 350 TT (beam) |
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Complement |
373 |
Project history: This class bore little resemblance to the Admiral Duperré, their ancestor being the coast defence battleship Tonnant, and were of moderately low freeboard. There were 10 or 11 transverse watertight bulkheads. The 420mm guns were slow-firing and far less powerful than the British 413mm. The guns in Terrible had to be cut back because of proving ground failures near the muzzle.
Ship protection: The complete belt was almost entirely submerged at normal load and was 500mm amidships with a 400mm lower edge reduced to 300-250mm forward and 300-200mm aft. The barbette bases were unarmoured except for the tube which was taken to the armour deck. This was at the belt upper edge and of 80mm max iron or steel over 25mm steel.
Modernizations: 1898, Terrible: - 2 x 1 - 420/19; + 2 x 1 - 340/35 M1893
1901, Caïman, Indomptable: - 2 x 1 - 42/22, 4 x 1 - 100/26, 16 x 5 - 37/20, 2 - 350 TT; + 2 x 1 - 274/40 M1893-96, 6 x 1 - 100/45 M1891, 12 x 1 - 47/40 M1885
1901, Requin: machinery was replaced by 2 VTE and 12 Niclausse boilers (11200hp, 15kts), original four funnels in close pairs abreast were replaced by two funnels on centreline; - 2 x 1 - 420/22, 4 x 1 - 100/26, 16 x 5 - 37/20, 4 - 350 TT; + 2 x 1 - 274/40 M1893-96, 6 x 1 - 100/45 M1891, 12 x 1 - 47/40 M1885
Naval service: No significant events.
Caïman
Requin
Indomptable
Indomptable after refit
Requin after refit
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