Ship Class: FRA Magenta

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Ship Class	FRA Magenta

Ship	FRA Magenta FRA Solferino
Ship Type	Battleship
Battleship Type	First Class
Battleship Generation	Broadside
Ship Class Attribute	Rigged For Sails \| Unusual
Sailing Rig	Barquentine
Sail Area	18 400ft2
Sq Foot Per Ton	2.74

	Summary
	Only broadside ironclad with two gun decks. First ironclad with a spur ram.

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	France		1859 Jun 22	1882 Jan 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	6 715ton	86m	17.27m	8.69m	674	1 348

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	1	3 450hp	13kt	Reciprocating	9

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage
	740ton

Ship Classes
	Designed By	Metacentric Height
	De Lome Dupuy	5.25ft

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 1:Armour Kind	5) 1: As Built Armour
	Gun 16 X FR 55pdr SB Single	FR 55pdr SB Single	Iron	4.7in Citadel \| 4.7in Belt
	Gun 34 X FR 6.4in 16cm BL M1860	FR 6.4in 16cm BL M1860
	Gun 2 X FR 8.8in 22cm RML Howitzer	FR 8.8in 22cm RML Howitzer

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	2	Brest Navy Yard Lorient Navy Yard

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity
	1859 1903 Great Britain France 1859 1946 Germany France	1875 10 31 0000 Magazine Explosion FRA Magenta

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2: Page Number	4) 3: as
Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905	[More]	287	N

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