French ironclad Friedland
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French ironclad Friedland
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |
 French Navy
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| Preceded by: | Océan class |
| Succeeded by: | Richelieu |
| Built: | 1865–1877 |
| In service: | 1877–1898 |
| In commission: | 1877–1902 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| History | |
 France
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| Name: | Friedland |
| Namesake: | Battle of Friedland |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | January 1865 |
| Launched: | 25 October 1873 |
| Completed: | 20 June 1877 |
| Decommissioned: | 1898 |
| Fate: | Condemned 1902 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Central battery ironclad |
| Displacement: | 8,540 metric tons (8,410 long tons) |
| Length: | 101.1 m (331 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power: | 4,428 ihp (3,302 kW) |
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| Sail plan: | Ship rig |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range: | 2,660 nautical miles (4,930 km; 3,060 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 688 |
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The French ironclad Friedland was originally intended to be an iron-hulled version of Océan-class armoured frigate built for the French Navy during the 1870s, but she was much altered during her prolonged construction. Named after the French victory at the Battle of Friedland in 1807, the ship spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron and supported the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881. She was condemned in 1902.
Friedland was a central battery ironclad with the armament concentrated amidships. Like most ironclads of her era she was fitted with a plough-shaped ram.
The ship measured 101.1 meters (331 ft 8 in) overall, with a beam of 17.7 meters (58 ft 1 in). Friedland had a maximum draft of 8.6 meters (28 ft 3 in) and displaced 8,540 metric tons (8,410 long tons), some 750 metric tons (740 long tons) larger than the Ocean-class ironclads. Her crew numbered around 750 officers and men.
Five 100-millimetre (4 in) watertight bulkheads divided the hull into compartments, although they only reached up to the main deck.Friedland did not have a double bottom. The metacentric height of the ship was low, a little above 3 feet (0.9 m).
Friedland had one Indret 3-cylinder horizontal return connecting rod compound steam engine driving a single propeller. Its engine was powered by eight oval boilers. On sea trials the engine produced 4,428 indicated horsepower (3,302 kW) and Friedland reached 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph). She carried 630 metric tons (620 long tons) of coal which allowed her to steam for approximately 2,666 nautical miles (4,937 km; 3,068 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).Friedland was initially ship rigged with three masts, then barque-rigged and finally fore-and-aft rigged after her mainmast was removed.
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