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Bayard

Bayard

Survived

French Navy

TypeIronclad
WarSino-French War
Main guns4 × 9.4″ guns

Courbet's flagship later in the war. Her launches sank Yuyuan at Shipu. Courbet died aboard her in June 1885.

French battleship Bayard Photo: Contre-Amiral Adrien Bellanger (1837-1936) [1], Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 240 mm (9.4 in) guns
  • 2 × 194 mm (7.6 in) guns
  • 6 × 138.6 mm (5.46 in) guns
  • 4 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon
  • 12 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon
  • 2 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 150 to 250 mm (5.9 to 9.8 in)
  • Barbettes: 200 mm (7.9 in)
  • Deck: 50 mm (2 in)
BuilderBrest
Laid down19 September 1876
Launched27 March 1880
CommissionedNovember 1882 in Brest
Displacement6,363 t (6,263 long tons; 7,014 short tons)
Length81.22 m (266 ft 6 in) lwl
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

27 March 1880

14 February 1885

Carried the launches

Fate

Survived

Broken up in 1910