La Galissonnière 1874
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| La Galissonnière | Arsenal de Brest | 22.6.1868 | 7.5.1872 | 1874 | stricken 1894 | ||
| Triomphante | Arsenal de Rochefort | 5.8.1869 | 28.3.1877 | 1879 | sold 1903 | ||
| Victorieuse | Arsenal de Toulon | 5.8.1869 | 18.11.1875 | 1877 | hulk 1900 |
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Displacement normal, t |
La Galissonnière: 4645 Triomphante, Victorieuse: 4585 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
La Galissonnière: 78.0 wl Triomphante, Victorieuse: 78.6 wl |
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Breadth, m |
14.9 |
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Draught, m |
7.37 max |
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No of shafts |
La Galissonnière: 2 Triomphante, Victorieuse: 1 |
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Machinery |
La Galissonnière: 2 VC, 4 oval boilers Triomphante, Victorieuse: 1 VC, 4 oval boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2200 - 2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.7 |
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Fuel, t |
La Galissonnière: coal 500 Triomphante, Victorieuse: coal 330 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
wrought iron; belt: 150, battery: 120, barbettes: 120 |
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Armament |
La Galissonnière: 6 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 4 x 1 - 120/25 M1870 Triomphante, Victorieuse: 6 x 1 - 240/18 M1870, 1 x 1 - 194/20 M1870, 6 x 1 - 139/21 M1870 |
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Complement |
La Galissonnière: 352 Triomphante, Victorieuse: 382 |
Project history: This class were wooden-hulled ships with iron plating above water where not armoured. Central battery had 4 240mm guns in broadside ports. The remaining 2 240mm were in barbettes over the forward corners of the battery, with the 194mm firing ahead from under the forecastle, and the smaller guns on the upper deck. They were rigged as ships or barques with 1535 m2 of sail and had one funnel, though by 1892 Triomphante had pole topmasts with no yards.
Ship protection: There was a complete belt extending to about 1.5m below water. There was no armour deck.
Modernizations: 1880s, La Galissonnière: - 4 x 1 - 120/25; + 6 x 1 - 100/27 M1875, 4 x 5 - 37/20 M1885
1880s, Triomphante: + 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 4 - 350 TT (beam, aw)
1880s, Victorieuse: + 8 x 5 - 37/20 M1885
Naval service: No significant events.
Victorieuse 1890
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