French ironclad Solférino
Solférino in Cherbourg, c. 1863–1864 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Solférino |
| Namesake | Battle of Solferino |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Laid down | 24 June 1859 |
| Launched | 24 June 1861 |
| Commissioned | 25 August 1862 |
| Decommissioned | August 1878 |
| Fate | Condemned, 21 July 1882 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Magenta-class ironclad |
| Displacement | 6,796 t (6,689 long tons) |
| Length | 85.51 m (280 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 17.34 m (56 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 8.44 m (27 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 horizontal-return connecting rod-steam engine |
| Sail plan | Barquentine-rig |
| Speed | 12.88 knots (23.85 km/h; 14.82 mph) (trials) |
| Range | 1,840 nautical miles (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 674 |
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| Armor | |
Solférino was the second and last ship of the Magenta class of broadside ironclads built for the French Navy (Marine nationale) in the early 1860s.
These two ironclads were the only two-decked broadside ironclad battleships ever built. They were also the first ships in the world to be equipped with a spur ram.