Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Belliquese | Arsenal de Toulon | 9/1863 | 6.9.1865 | 1866 | target 1886 |
Displacement normal, t |
3717 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
70.0 wl |
Breadth, m |
14.0 |
Draught, m |
6.97 max |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 HRCR, 4 oval boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
Max speed, kts |
11 |
Fuel, t |
coal 250 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armour, mm |
wrought iron; belt: 150, battery: 120 |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 194/19 M1864 MLR, 6 x 1 - 165/18 M1864 MLR |
Complement |
300 |
Project history: A wooden-hulled ship with no plating outside the armour. There was a bronze pointed ram 3m below water, and the Belliqueuse was rigged as a barque with 1450m², later increased to 1770m² of sail. The 194mm and 4 165mm guns were in the battery 1.8m above water and 2 165mm, later the 139mm, on the upper deck.
Ship protection: There was a complete belt from the battery deck to 1.26m below water, but the battery bulkheads were only thin plating.
Modernizations: 1870s: - 4 x 1 - 194/19, 2 x 1 - 165/18; + 4 x 1 - 194/20 M1870, 5 x 1 - 139/21 M1870, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss.
Naval service: No significant events.
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