French ironclad Savoie

A scale model of sister ship Flandre
History
France
Name	Savoie
Namesake	Savoie
Ordered	16 November 1860
Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	March 1861
Launched	29 September 1864
Completed	April 1865
Commissioned	25 March 1865
Stricken	19 November 1888
Fate	Scrapped, 1889
General characteristics
Class and type	Provence-class ironclad frigate
Displacement	5,810 t (5,720 long tons)
Length	82.9 m (272 ft) (o/a)
Beam	17.06 m (56 ft)
Draft	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) (deep load)
Installed power	8 boilers 3,200 PS (2,400 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 compound-expansion steam engine
Sail plan	Barque-rig
Speed	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Range	2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	579–594
Armament	4 × 240 mm (9.4 in) rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns 7 × 194 mm (7.6 in) smoothbore guns 6 × 164.7 mm (6.5 in) RML guns
Armor	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Battery: 110 mm (4.3 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

The French ironclad Savoie was one of 10 Provence-class armored frigates built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) during the 1860s. Commissioned in 1865, she was initially assigned to the Northern Squadron (Escadre du Nord), often serving as a flagship. The ironclad played a minor role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, blockading the North Sea coast of Prussia. Savoie was reduced to reserve after the war, but was reactivated in 1872 and assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée). The ship was decommissioned in 1879 and was used for testing in 1883. Savoie was stricken in 1888 and was scrapped the following year.