La Gloire is the world's first battleship for swimming on the high seas.
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| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | Armadillo |
| Manufacturer | |
| The author of the ship drawing | Dupuis de Lom |
| Construction started | March 1858 |
| Launched | November 24, 1859 |
| Commissioned | August 1860 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | Dilapidated, sold for scrap in 1883 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 5 630 t (standard) |
| Upper Deck Length | 77.9 m |
| Midship Width | 17 m |
| Draft | 8.5 m |
| Engines | Steam boiler with 8 boilers Sail |
| Sail Area | 1,100 m² |
| Speed | 12.5 knots |
| Crew | 570 people |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 36 162 mm guns |
In 1860, the British built a similar ship - the battleship HMS Warrior , using an all-metal construction.
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Build
Built by engineer Dupuis de Loma , the lead ship of the eponymous series . Launched on November 24, 1859 in Toulon .
Design
The hull of the ship was constructed from wooden and metal parts. The metal keels and frames had double lining, the inner wooden layer on the outside was additionally lined with steel carapace from plates 110–119 mm thick. The belt ranged from 1.80 meters below the waterline and to the upper deck of the ship.
Service
Despite the mixed design of its hull, La Gloire served for quite some time by the standards of its time, and was sold for scrap only in 1883 , after a little less than 25 years of service - however, it lost its combat value long before this time, being hopelessly outdated by the beginning of the 1870s.
Gallery
1860 La Gloire photo Fleet Museum, Paris . 2006 year
La Gloire Launch
La Gloire . 1860 photo
La Gloire under sail
La Gloire model at the Navy Museum, Paris.
La Gloire model at the Navy Museum, Paris.
The same battleship Couronne , converted into a training ship.
Links
- Steam, Steel and Shellfire: The steam warship 1815-1905 . Conway's History of the ship ISBN 0-7858-1413-2
- Tony Gibbons (Hrsg.): Die Welt der Schiffe , Bassermann Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8094-2186-3 (German)
- Eberhard Urban: Schiffe , Naumann & Göbel Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-625-11412-3 (German)