French ironclad Armide

Model of her sister ship Jeanne d'Arc on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris, before the rear barbettes were deleted.
History
France
NameArmide
NamesakeArmida
BuilderRochefort
Laid down1865
Launched24 April 1867
Commissioned20 July 1870
Fateused as a target for gunnery trials, 1886
General characteristics
Class and typeAlma-class ironclad
Displacement3,692 t (3,634 long tons)
Length68.9 m (226 ft 1 in)
Beam14.06 m (46 ft 2 in)
Draft6.43 m (21 ft 1 in) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 steam engine
Sail planBarque-rig
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range1,310 nautical miles (2,430 km; 1,510 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement316
Armament
  • 6 × single 194 mm (7.6 in) Mle 1864 guns
  • 4 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
Armor

The French ironclad Armide was a wooden-hulled armored corvette built for the French Navy in the mid-1860s. Placed into reserve after completion, she was first mobilized for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. She spent the rest of her career in the Mediterranean and then in the Far East as flagship of the French squadrons there, until her decommissioning in 1880. Armide was use as a target for gunnery trials in 1886.


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